#48B8BC#48B8BC

#48B8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.100 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B8BC
RGB	rgb(72, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -30.03, -11.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 32.15, 200.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.095 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.1 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8862, 39.2865, 53.6279)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B8BC #BC4C48

analogous

#48BC86 #48B8BC #487EBC

triadic

#48B8BC #BC48B8 #B8BC48

tetradic

#48B8BC #8648BC #BC4C48 #7EBC48

square

#48B8BC #8648BC #BC4C48 #7EBC48

split-complementary

#48B8BC #BC487E #BC8648

monochromatic

#256365 #358E92 #48B8BC #75C9CC #A2DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#48B8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#48B8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B8BC

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B8BC	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.100 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cdd0',
    500: '#48b8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b8bc;
$custom-light: #88cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.069,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72105,
    "c": 0.10018,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B8BC

secondary

#CA9896

accent

#5652D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B8BC

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

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