#48B6BC#48B6BC

#48B6BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.099 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B6BC
RGB	rgb(72, 182, 188)
HSL	hsl(183, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -29.06, -12.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 31.58, 203.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.0929 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.099 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4736, 38.4614, 53.4904)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B6BC #BC4E48

analogous

#48BC88 #48B6BC #487CBC

triadic

#48B6BC #BC48B6 #B6BC48

tetradic

#48B6BC #8848BC #BC4E48 #7CBC48

square

#48B6BC #8848BC #BC4E48 #7CBC48

split-complementary

#48B6BC #BC487C #BC8848

monochromatic

#256165 #358D92 #48B6BC #75C8CC #A2DADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#48B6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#48B6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B6BC

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B6BC	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 182, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.099 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ccd0',
    500: '#48b6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b6bc;
$custom-light: #88ccd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.103,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71622,
    "c": 0.09901,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B6BC

secondary

#CA9996

accent

#5952D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B6BC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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