#48BDB3#48BDB3

#48BDB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.105 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDB3
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 179)
HSL	hsl(175, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 5.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -34.90, -4.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 35.22, 187.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.1042 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.105 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.0031, 41.0245, 49.0291)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDB3 #BD4852

analogous

#48BD78 #48BDB3 #488CBD

triadic

#48BDB3 #B348BD #BDB348

tetradic

#48BDB3 #7848BD #BD4852 #8CBD48

square

#48BDB3 #7848BD #BD4852 #8CBD48

split-complementary

#48BDB3 #BD488C #BD7848

monochromatic

#256660 #35938B #48BDB3 #75CDC6 #A2DDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#48BDB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#48BDB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDB3

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDB3	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)

#B3B3B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bdb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.105 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1c9',
    500: '#48bdb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bdb3;
$custom-light: #88d1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bdb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.872,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73017,
    "c": 0.10507,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDB3

secondary

#CA979B

accent

#515DD7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDB3

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

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