#48BAB5#48BAB5

#48BAB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.102 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48BAB5
RGBrgb(72, 186, 181)
HSLhsl(177, 45%, 51%)
HSVhsv(177, 61%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(61.3%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LABlab(69.35, -32.95, -7.04)
CIE-LCHlch(69.35, 33.69, 192.05°)
OKLaboklab(72.35% -0.1002 -0.0196)
OKLCHoklch(72.35% 0.102 191.1)
XYZxyz(28.5682, 39.8287, 49.8892)
Luminance0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48BAB5 #BA484D
analogous
#48BA7C #48BAB5 #4886BA
triadic
#48BAB5 #B548BA #BAB548
tetradic
#48BAB5 #7C48BA #BA484D #86BA48
square
#48BAB5 #7C48BA #BA484D #86BA48
split-complementary
#48BAB5 #BA4886 #BA7C48
monochromatic
#256260 #368F8B #48BAB5 #74CBC7 #A1DCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34
#48BAB5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97
#48BAB5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BAB5
8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48BAB5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48BAB51.002.348.978.97
#FFFFFF2.341.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9721.001.001.00
##0000008.9721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B0B1B5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9EA4B6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BFB8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48bab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.102 191.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cfcb',
    500: '#48bab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48bab5;
$custom-light: #88cfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48bab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.368,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7235,
    "c": 0.10207,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48BAB5
secondary
#C89698
accent
#5359D5
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0D1413
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BAB5

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#48BAB5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva