#48BBBB#48BBBB

#48BBBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.102 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBBB
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 187)
HSL	hsl(180, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -31.76, -9.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 33.19, 196.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0986 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.102 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4085, 40.5031, 53.2721)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBBB #BB4848

analogous

#48BB81 #48BBBB #4881BB

triadic

#48BBBB #BB48BB #BBBB48

tetradic

#48BBBB #8148BB #BB4848 #81BB48

square

#48BBBB #8148BB #BB4848 #81BB48

split-complementary

#48BBBB #BB4881 #BB8148

monochromatic

#256464 #369090 #48BBBB #75CCCC #A1DCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#48BBBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#48BBBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBBB

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBBB	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.102 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0cf',
    500: '#48bbbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbbb;
$custom-light: #89d0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72797,
    "c": 0.10215,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBBB

secondary

#C99696

accent

#5252D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBBB

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

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