#48B7BC#48B7BC

#48B7BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.100 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B7BC
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 188)
HSL	hsl(183, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 2.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -29.55, -11.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 31.86, 201.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.094 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.1 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6792, 38.8725, 53.5589)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B7BC #BC4D48

analogous

#48BC87 #48B7BC #487DBC

triadic

#48B7BC #BC48B7 #B7BC48

tetradic

#48B7BC #8748BC #BC4D48 #7DBC48

square

#48B7BC #8748BC #BC4D48 #7DBC48

split-complementary

#48B7BC #BC487D #BC8748

monochromatic

#256265 #358E92 #48B7BC #75C9CC #A2DADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#48B7BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#48B7BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B7BC

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B7BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B7BC	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b7bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.100 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cdd0',
    500: '#48b7bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b7bc;
$custom-light: #88cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b7bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.586,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71863,
    "c": 0.09959,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B7BC

secondary

#CA9896

accent

#5752D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B7BC

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

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