#48B8BB#48B8BB

#48B8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.100 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B8BB
RGB	rgb(72, 184, 187)
HSL	hsl(182, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -30.32, -10.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 32.24, 199.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0954 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.1 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7787, 39.2435, 53.0621)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B8BB #BB4B48

analogous

#48BB84 #48B8BB #487EBB

triadic

#48B8BB #BB48B8 #B8BB48

tetradic

#48B8BB #8448BB #BB4B48 #7EBB48

square

#48B8BB #8448BB #BB4B48 #7EBB48

split-complementary

#48B8BB #BB487E #BB8448

monochromatic

#256264 #368E90 #48B8BB #75C9CC #A1DBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#48B8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#48B8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B8BB

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B8BB	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 184, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.100 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cdcf',
    500: '#48b8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b8bb;
$custom-light: #88cdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.565,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7207,
    "c": 0.10016,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B8BB

secondary

#C99796

accent

#5652D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B8BB

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

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