#48BDBC#48BDBC

#48BDBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.103 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDBC
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 188)
HSL	hsl(179, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -32.44, -9.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 33.72, 195.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.1003 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.103 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9432, 41.4005, 53.9803)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDBC #BD4849

analogous

#48BD81 #48BDBC #4883BD

triadic

#48BDBC #BC48BD #BDBC48

tetradic

#48BDBC #8148BD #BD4849 #83BD48

square

#48BDBC #8148BD #BD4849 #83BD48

split-complementary

#48BDBC #BD4883 #BD8148

monochromatic

#256665 #359392 #48BDBC #75CDCC #A2DDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#48BDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#48BDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDBC

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDBC	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.103 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d1d0',
    500: '#48bdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bdbc;
$custom-light: #89d1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.487,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73317,
    "c": 0.10349,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDBC

secondary

#CA9797

accent

#5152D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDBC

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

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