#48BBB3#48BBB3

#48BBB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.103 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBB3
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 179)
HSL	hsl(176, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -33.97, -5.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 34.42, 189.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.1021 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.103 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5759, 40.1700, 48.8867)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBB3 #BB4850

analogous

#48BB79 #48BBB3 #4889BB

triadic

#48BBB3 #B348BB #BBB348

tetradic

#48BBB3 #7948BB #BB4850 #89BB48

square

#48BBB3 #7948BB #BB4850 #89BB48

split-complementary

#48BBB3 #BB4889 #BB7948

monochromatic

#25645F #36908A #48BBB3 #75CCC6 #A1DCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#48BBB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#48BBB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBB3

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBB3	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)

#B1B2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.103 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0c9',
    500: '#48bbb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbb3;
$custom-light: #88d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.826,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72528,
    "c": 0.1033,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBB3

secondary

#C99699

accent

#525BD5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBB3

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

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