#48BDB0#48BDB0

#48BDB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.106 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDB0
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 176)
HSL	hsl(173, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 6.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -35.71, -3.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 35.85, 185.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.1056 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.106 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7030, 40.9045, 47.4485)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDB0 #BD4855

analogous

#48BD75 #48BDB0 #488FBD

triadic

#48BDB0 #B048BD #BDB048

tetradic

#48BDB0 #7548BD #BD4855 #8FBD48

square

#48BDB0 #7548BD #BD4855 #8FBD48

split-complementary

#48BDB0 #BD488F #BD7548

monochromatic

#25665F #359388 #48BDB0 #75CDC3 #A2DDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#48BDB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#48BDB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDB0

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDB0	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bdb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.106 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1c7',
    500: '#48bdb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bdb0;
$custom-light: #88d1c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bdb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7292,
    "c": 0.10596,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDB0

secondary

#CA979C

accent

#5160D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDB0

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

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