#48B8BD#48B8BD

#48B8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.100 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B8BD
RGB	rgb(72, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(183, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -29.75, -11.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 32.07, 201.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0946 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.1 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9943, 39.3297, 54.1976)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B8BD #BD4D48

analogous

#48BD87 #48B8BD #487DBD

triadic

#48B8BD #BD48B8 #B8BD48

tetradic

#48B8BD #8748BD #BD4D48 #7DBD48

square

#48B8BD #8748BD #BD4D48 #7DBD48

split-complementary

#48B8BD #BD487D #BD8748

monochromatic

#256366 #358F93 #48B8BD #75C9CD #A2DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#48B8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#48B8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B8BD

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B8BD	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.100 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cdd0',
    500: '#48b8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b8bd;
$custom-light: #89cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.564,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72141,
    "c": 0.10023,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B8BD

secondary

#CA9997

accent

#5751D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B8BD

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

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