#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
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 181)
HSL	hsl(177, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -32.95, -7.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 33.69, 192.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.1002 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.102 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5682, 39.8287, 49.8892)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48BAB5	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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