#48BBBC#48BBBC

#48BBBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.102 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBBC
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 188)
HSL	hsl(181, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -31.48, -10.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 33.07, 197.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0982 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.102 196)
XYZ	xyz(29.5159, 40.5460, 53.8378)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBBC #BC4948

analogous

#48BC83 #48BBBC #4881BC

triadic

#48BBBC #BC48BB #BBBC48

tetradic

#48BBBC #8348BC #BC4948 #81BC48

square

#48BBBC #8348BC #BC4948 #81BC48

split-complementary

#48BBBC #BC4881 #BC8348

monochromatic

#256465 #359192 #48BBBC #75CCCC #A2DCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#48BBBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#48BBBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBBC

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBBC	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.102 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0d0',
    500: '#48bbbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbbc;
$custom-light: #89d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.517,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72832,
    "c": 0.1021,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.40549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBBC

secondary

#CA9796

accent

#5352D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBBC

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

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