#48BBC3#48BBC3

#48BBC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.102 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBC3
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 195)
HSL	hsl(184, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 4.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -29.49, -13.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 32.49, 204.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0952 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.102 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2889, 40.8552, 57.9088)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBC3 #C35048

analogous

#48C38D #48BBC3 #487EC3

triadic

#48BBC3 #C348BB #BBC348

tetradic

#48BBC3 #8D48C3 #C35048 #7EC348

square

#48BBC3 #8D48C3 #C35048 #7EC348

split-complementary

#48BBC3 #C3487E #C38D48

monochromatic

#24686D #33949B #48BBC3 #76CCD2 #A4DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#48BBC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#48BBC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBC3

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBC3	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB3C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA5C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.102 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0d5',
    500: '#48bbc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbc3;
$custom-light: #89d0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.902,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7308,
    "c": 0.1024,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBC3

secondary

#CE9C99

accent

#574EDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBC3

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

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