#48BDBB#48BDBB

#48BDBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.104 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDBB
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 187)
HSL	hsl(179, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -32.71, -8.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 33.86, 194.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.1007 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.104 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8358, 41.3576, 53.4145)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDBB #BD484A

analogous

#48BD80 #48BDBB #4884BD

triadic

#48BDBB #BB48BD #BDBB48

tetradic

#48BDBB #8048BD #BD484A #84BD48

square

#48BDBB #8048BD #BD484A #84BD48

split-complementary

#48BDBB #BD4884 #BD8048

monochromatic

#256665 #359391 #48BDBB #75CDCC #A2DDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#48BDBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#48BDBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDBB

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDBB	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bdbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.104 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d1cf',
    500: '#48bdbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bdbb;
$custom-light: #89d1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bdbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.974,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73282,
    "c": 0.10358,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDBB

secondary

#CA9797

accent

#5153D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDBB

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

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