#48B7BB#48B7BB

#48B7BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.100 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B7BB
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 187)
HSL	hsl(182, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -29.83, -11.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 31.94, 200.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0944 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.1 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5717, 38.8295, 52.9932)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B7BB #BB4C48

analogous

#48BB85 #48B7BB #487DBB

triadic

#48B7BB #BB48B7 #B7BB48

tetradic

#48B7BB #8548BB #BB4C48 #7DBB48

square

#48B7BB #8548BB #BB4C48 #7DBB48

split-complementary

#48B7BB #BB487D #BB8548

monochromatic

#256164 #368D90 #48B7BB #75C9CC #A1DADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#48B7BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#48B7BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B7BB

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B7BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B7BB	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b7bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.100 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cdcf',
    500: '#48b7bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b7bb;
$custom-light: #88cdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b7bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.087,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71828,
    "c": 0.09954,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B7BB

secondary

#C99896

accent

#5752D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B7BB

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

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