#48B9BE#48B9BE

#48B9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.101 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B9BE
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -29.95, -12.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 32.27, 201.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0952 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.101 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3117, 39.7902, 54.8407)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B9BE #BE4D48

analogous

#48BE88 #48B9BE #487EBE

triadic

#48B9BE #BE48B9 #B9BE48

tetradic

#48B9BE #8848BE #BE4D48 #7EBE48

square

#48B9BE #8848BE #BE4D48 #7EBE48

split-complementary

#48B9BE #BE487E #BE8848

monochromatic

#256467 #359094 #48B9BE #75CACE #A2DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#48B9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#48B9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B9BE

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B9BE	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.101 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ced1',
    500: '#48b9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b9be;
$custom-light: #89ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.542,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72418,
    "c": 0.10087,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B9BE

secondary

#CB9997

accent

#5651D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B9BE

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

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