#48BBBE#48BBBE

#48BBBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.102 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBBE
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -30.92, -11.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 32.86, 199.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0973 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.102 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7330, 40.6329, 54.9812)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBBE #BE4B48

analogous

#48BE86 #48BBBE #4880BE

triadic

#48BBBE #BE48BB #BBBE48

tetradic

#48BBBE #8648BE #BE4B48 #80BE48

square

#48BBBE #8648BE #BE4B48 #80BE48

split-complementary

#48BBBE #BE4880 #BE8648

monochromatic

#256567 #359294 #48BBBE #75CCCE #A2DDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#48BBBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#48BBBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBBE

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBBE	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.102 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0d1',
    500: '#48bbbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbbe;
$custom-light: #89d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.525,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72902,
    "c": 0.10208,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBBE

secondary

#CB9897

accent

#5451D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBBE

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

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