#48BBBF#48BBBF

#48BBBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.102 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBBF
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 191)
HSL	hsl(182, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -30.63, -11.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 32.77, 200.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0969 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.102 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8427, 40.6767, 55.5588)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBBF #BF4C48

analogous

#48BF88 #48BBBF #4880BF

triadic

#48BBBF #BF48BB #BBBF48

tetradic

#48BBBF #8848BF #BF4C48 #80BF48

square

#48BBBF #8848BF #BF4C48 #80BF48

split-complementary

#48BBBF #BF4880 #BF8848

monochromatic

#246668 #349296 #48BBBF #75CCCF #A3DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#48BBBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#48BBBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBBF

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBBF	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.102 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0d2',
    500: '#48bbbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbbf;
$custom-light: #89d0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.017,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72937,
    "c": 0.1021,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBBF

secondary

#CC9997

accent

#5550D8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBBF

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

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