#48B7BE#48B7BE

#48B7BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.100 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B7BE
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 190)
HSL	hsl(184, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -28.97, -12.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 31.73, 204.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.0931 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.1 201)
XYZ	xyz(28.8963, 38.9593, 54.7022)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B7BE #BE4F48

analogous

#48BE8A #48B7BE #487CBE

triadic

#48B7BE #BE48B7 #B7BE48

tetradic

#48B7BE #8A48BE #BE4F48 #7CBE48

square

#48B7BE #8A48BE #BE4F48 #7CBE48

split-complementary

#48B7BE #BE487C #BE8A48

monochromatic

#256367 #358F94 #48B7BE #75C9CE #A2DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#48B7BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#48B7BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B7BE

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B7BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B7BE	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b7be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.100 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cdd1',
    500: '#48b7be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b7be;
$custom-light: #88cdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b7be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.559,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71935,
    "c": 0.09975,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.38962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B7BE

secondary

#CB9A97

accent

#5951D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B7BE

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

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