#48BDB7#48BDB7

#48BDB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.104 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDB7
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 183)
HSL	hsl(177, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 3.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -33.82, -6.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 34.48, 191.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.1024 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.104 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.4135, 41.1887, 51.1906)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDB7 #BD484E

analogous

#48BD7C #48BDB7 #4888BD

triadic

#48BDB7 #B748BD #BDB748

tetradic

#48BDB7 #7C48BD #BD484E #88BD48

square

#48BDB7 #7C48BD #BD484E #88BD48

split-complementary

#48BDB7 #BD4888 #BD7C48

monochromatic

#256663 #35938E #48BDB7 #75CDC9 #A2DDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#48BDB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#48BDB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDB7

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDB7	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B4B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bdb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.104 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d1cc',
    500: '#48bdb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bdb7;
$custom-light: #89d1cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bdb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.923,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73148,
    "c": 0.10415,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDB7

secondary

#CA9799

accent

#5158D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDB7

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

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