#48BABD#48BABD

#48BABD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.101 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BABD
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -30.72, -11.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 32.65, 199.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0967 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.101 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4127, 40.1665, 54.3371)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BABD #BD4B48

analogous

#48BD85 #48BABD #487FBD

triadic

#48BABD #BD48BA #BABD48

tetradic

#48BABD #8548BD #BD4B48 #7FBD48

square

#48BABD #8548BD #BD4B48 #7FBD48

split-complementary

#48BABD #BD487F #BD8548

monochromatic

#256466 #359093 #48BABD #75CBCD #A2DCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#48BABD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#48BABD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BABD

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BABD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BABD	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48babd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.101 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cfd0',
    500: '#48babd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48babd;
$custom-light: #89cfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48babd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.538,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72625,
    "c": 0.10144,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BABD

secondary

#CA9897

accent

#5551D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BABD

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

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