#48B8BF#48B8BF

#48B8BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.100 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B8BF
RGB	rgb(72, 184, 191)
HSL	hsl(184, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -29.18, -12.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 31.93, 203.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0937 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.1 201)
XYZ	xyz(29.2129, 39.4172, 55.3488)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B8BF #BF4F48

analogous

#48BF8B #48B8BF #487DBF

triadic

#48B8BF #BF48B8 #B8BF48

tetradic

#48B8BF #8B48BF #BF4F48 #7DBF48

square

#48B8BF #8B48BF #BF4F48 #7DBF48

split-complementary

#48B8BF #BF487D #BF8B48

monochromatic

#246468 #349096 #48B8BF #75CACF #A3DBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#48B8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#48B8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B8BF

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B8BF	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 184, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.100 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cdd2',
    500: '#48b8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b8bf;
$custom-light: #89cdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.529,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72213,
    "c": 0.10038,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.3942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B8BF

secondary

#CC9A97

accent

#5850D8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B8BF

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

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