#48B7BF#48B7BF

#48B7BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.100 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B7BF
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 191)
HSL	hsl(184, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -28.69, -13.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 31.67, 205.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0927 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.1 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0059, 39.0032, 55.2798)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B7BF #BF5048

analogous

#48BF8C #48B7BF #487CBF

triadic

#48B7BF #BF48B7 #B7BF48

tetradic

#48B7BF #8C48BF #BF5048 #7CBF48

square

#48B7BF #8C48BF #BF5048 #7CBF48

split-complementary

#48B7BF #BF487C #BF8C48

monochromatic

#246468 #348F96 #48B7BF #75C9CF #A3DBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#48B7BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#48B7BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B7BF

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B7BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B7BF	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b7bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.100 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cdd2',
    500: '#48b7bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b7bf;
$custom-light: #89cdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b7bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.034,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71971,
    "c": 0.09986,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B7BF

secondary

#CC9B97

accent

#5950D8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B7BF

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

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