#48BDB2#48BDB2

#48BDB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.105 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDB2
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 178)
HSL	hsl(174, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -35.17, -4.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 35.42, 186.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.1047 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.105 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9023, 40.9842, 48.4984)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDB2 #BD4853

analogous

#48BD77 #48BDB2 #488DBD

triadic

#48BDB2 #B248BD #BDB248

tetradic

#48BDB2 #7748BD #BD4853 #8DBD48

square

#48BDB2 #7748BD #BD4853 #8DBD48

split-complementary

#48BDB2 #BD488D #BD7748

monochromatic

#256660 #35938A #48BDB2 #75CDC5 #A2DDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#48BDB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#48BDB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDB2

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDB2	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bdb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.105 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1c9',
    500: '#48bdb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bdb2;
$custom-light: #88d1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bdb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.359,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72984,
    "c": 0.10534,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDB2

secondary

#CA979B

accent

#515ED7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDB2

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

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