#48B9BC#48B9BC

#48B9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.101 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B9BC
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -30.52, -11.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 32.45, 199.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0961 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.101 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0946, 39.7034, 53.6974)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B9BC #BC4B48

analogous

#48BC85 #48B9BC #487FBC

triadic

#48B9BC #BC48B9 #B9BC48

tetradic

#48B9BC #8548BC #BC4B48 #7FBC48

square

#48B9BC #8548BC #BC4B48 #7FBC48

split-complementary

#48B9BC #BC487F #BC8548

monochromatic

#256365 #358F92 #48B9BC #75CACC #A2DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#48B9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#48B9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B9BC

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B9BC	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.101 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ced0',
    500: '#48b9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b9bc;
$custom-light: #89ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.552,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72347,
    "c": 0.1008,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B9BC

secondary

#CA9896

accent

#5552D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B9BC

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

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