#48BBB4#48BBB4

#48BBB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.103 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBB4
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 180)
HSL	hsl(176, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -33.69, -6.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 34.24, 190.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.1017 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.103 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6774, 40.2106, 49.4213)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBB4 #BB484F

analogous

#48BB7A #48BBB4 #4888BB

triadic

#48BBB4 #B448BB #BBB448

tetradic

#48BBB4 #7A48BB #BB484F #88BB48

square

#48BBB4 #7A48BB #BB484F #88BB48

split-complementary

#48BBB4 #BB4888 #BB7A48

monochromatic

#256460 #36908B #48BBB4 #75CCC6 #A1DCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#48BBB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#48BBB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBB4

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBB4	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)

#B1B2B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.103 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0ca',
    500: '#48bbb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbb4;
$custom-light: #88d0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.348,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72561,
    "c": 0.10308,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBB4

secondary

#C99699

accent

#525AD5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBB4

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

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