#48BBB0#48BBB0

#48BBB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.104 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBB0
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 176)
HSL	hsl(174, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 5.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -34.78, -4.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 35.01, 186.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.1034 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.104 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2757, 40.0500, 47.3061)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBB0 #BB4853

analogous

#48BB76 #48BBB0 #488CBB

triadic

#48BBB0 #B048BB #BBB048

tetradic

#48BBB0 #7648BB #BB4853 #8CBB48

square

#48BBB0 #7648BB #BB4853 #8CBB48

split-complementary

#48BBB0 #BB488C #BB7648

monochromatic

#25645E #369088 #48BBB0 #75CCC3 #A1DCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#48BBB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#48BBB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBB0

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBB0	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.104 186.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0c7',
    500: '#48bbb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbb0;
$custom-light: #88d0c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.261,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7243,
    "c": 0.10409,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBB0

secondary

#C9969B

accent

#525FD5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBB0

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

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