#48BABE#48BABE

#48BABE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.101 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BABE
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -30.43, -11.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 32.56, 200.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0963 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.101 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5216, 40.2101, 54.9107)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BABE #BE4C48

analogous

#48BE87 #48BABE #487FBE

triadic

#48BABE #BE48BA #BABE48

tetradic

#48BABE #8748BE #BE4C48 #7FBE48

square

#48BABE #8748BE #BE4C48 #7FBE48

split-complementary

#48BABE #BE487F #BE8748

monochromatic

#256567 #359194 #48BABE #75CBCE #A2DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#48BABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#48BABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BABE

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BABE	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48babe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.101 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cfd1',
    500: '#48babe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48babe;
$custom-light: #89cfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48babe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.034,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7266,
    "c": 0.10146,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BABE

secondary

#CB9997

accent

#5551D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BABE

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

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