#48BBC5#48BBC5

#48BBC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.103 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBC5
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 197)
HSL	hsl(185, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 5.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -28.91, -14.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 32.40, 206.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0943 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.103 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5165, 40.9463, 59.1076)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBC5 #C55248

analogous

#48C590 #48BBC5 #487CC5

triadic

#48BBC5 #C548BB #BBC548

tetradic

#48BBC5 #9048C5 #C55248 #7CC548

square

#48BBC5 #9048C5 #C55248 #7CC548

split-complementary

#48BBC5 #C5487C #C59048

monochromatic

#23696F #32959E #48BBC5 #76CCD4 #A5DEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#48BBC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#48BBC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBC5

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBC5	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB3C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.103 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0d6',
    500: '#48bbc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbc5;
$custom-light: #8ad0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.8,
    "s": 51.867,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73153,
    "c": 0.10269,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBC5

secondary

#CF9E99

accent

#584CDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBC5

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

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