#48BCBE#48BCBE

#48BCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.103 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCBE
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -31.40, -10.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 33.16, 198.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0984 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.103 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9459, 41.0586, 55.0521)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCBE #BE4A48

analogous

#48BE85 #48BCBE #4881BE

triadic

#48BCBE #BE48BC #BCBE48

tetradic

#48BCBE #8548BE #BE4A48 #81BE48

square

#48BCBE #8548BE #BE4A48 #81BE48

split-complementary

#48BCBE #BE4881 #BE8548

monochromatic

#256667 #359394 #48BCBE #75CDCE #A2DDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#48BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#48BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCBE

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCBE	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.103 196.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.017,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73144,
    "c": 0.10272,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCBE

secondary

#CB9897

accent

#5351D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCBE

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

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