#48BDB1#48BDB1

#48BDB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.106 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDB1
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 177)
HSL	hsl(174, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 6.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -35.44, -3.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 35.63, 185.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.1051 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.106 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8023, 40.9442, 47.9715)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDB1 #BD4854

analogous

#48BD76 #48BDB1 #488EBD

triadic

#48BDB1 #B148BD #BDB148

tetradic

#48BDB1 #7648BD #BD4854 #8EBD48

square

#48BDB1 #7648BD #BD4854 #8EBD48

split-complementary

#48BDB1 #BD488E #BD7648

monochromatic

#25665F #359389 #48BDB1 #75CDC4 #A2DDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#48BDB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#48BDB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDB1

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDB1	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)

#B4B3B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bdb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.106 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1c8',
    500: '#48bdb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bdb1;
$custom-light: #88d1c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bdb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.846,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72952,
    "c": 0.10564,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDB1

secondary

#CA979C

accent

#515FD7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDB1

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

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