#48BBBA#48BBBA

#48BBBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.102 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBBA
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -32.04, -9.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 33.31, 195.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.099 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.102 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3018, 40.4604, 52.7102)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBBA #BB4849

analogous

#48BB80 #48BBBA #4882BB

triadic

#48BBBA #BA48BB #BBBA48

tetradic

#48BBBA #8048BB #BB4849 #82BB48

square

#48BBBA #8048BB #BB4849 #82BB48

split-complementary

#48BBBA #BB4882 #BB8048

monochromatic

#256463 #36908F #48BBBA #75CCCB #A1DCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#48BBBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#48BBBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBBA

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBBA	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B2BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.102 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0ce',
    500: '#48bbba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbba;
$custom-light: #89d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.478,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72763,
    "c": 0.10222,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBBA

secondary

#C99696

accent

#5253D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBBA

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

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