#48BBBD#48BBBD

#48BBBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.102 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBBD
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -31.20, -10.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 32.96, 198.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0977 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.102 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6241, 40.5893, 54.4075)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBBD #BD4A48

analogous

#48BD84 #48BBBD #4880BD

triadic

#48BBBD #BD48BB #BBBD48

tetradic

#48BBBD #8448BD #BD4A48 #80BD48

square

#48BBBD #8448BD #BD4A48 #80BD48

split-complementary

#48BBBD #BD4880 #BD8448

monochromatic

#256566 #359193 #48BBBD #75CCCD #A2DCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#48BBBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#48BBBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBBD

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBBD	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.102 196.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.026,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72867,
    "c": 0.10208,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBBD

secondary

#CA9797

accent

#5351D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBBD

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

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