#48B6BD#48B6BD

#48B6BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.099 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B6BD
RGB	rgb(72, 182, 189)
HSL	hsl(184, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -28.77, -12.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 31.52, 204.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.0925 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.099 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5818, 38.5047, 54.0601)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B6BD #BD4F48

analogous

#48BD89 #48B6BD #487BBD

triadic

#48B6BD #BD48B6 #B6BD48

tetradic

#48B6BD #8948BD #BD4F48 #7BBD48

square

#48B6BD #8948BD #BD4F48 #7BBD48

split-complementary

#48B6BD #BD487B #BD8948

monochromatic

#256266 #358D93 #48B6BD #75C8CD #A2DADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#48B6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#48B6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B6BD

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B6BD	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 182, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.099 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ccd0',
    500: '#48b6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b6bd;
$custom-light: #88ccd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.59,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71658,
    "c": 0.09911,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B6BD

secondary

#CA9A97

accent

#5951D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B6BD

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

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