#48BBC1#48BBC1

#48BBC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.102 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBC1
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 193)
HSL	hsl(183, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 3.1%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -30.06, -12.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 32.61, 202.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.096 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.102 200)
XYZ	xyz(30.0643, 40.7654, 56.7258)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBC1 #C14E48

analogous

#48C18B #48BBC1 #487FC1

triadic

#48BBC1 #C148BB #BBC148

tetradic

#48BBC1 #8B48C1 #C14E48 #7FC148

square

#48BBC1 #8B48C1 #C14E48 #7FC148

split-complementary

#48BBC1 #C1487F #C18B48

monochromatic

#24676B #349398 #48BBC1 #76CCD0 #A3DDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#48BBC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#48BBC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBC1

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBC1	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB3C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA5C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.102 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0d3',
    500: '#48bbc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbc1;
$custom-light: #89d0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.975,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73008,
    "c": 0.10221,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.40769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBC1

secondary

#CD9B98

accent

#564FD9

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBC1

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

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