#48BDBD#48BDBD

#48BDBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.103 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDBD
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -32.16, -9.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 33.60, 196.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0998 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.103 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0514, 41.4438, 54.5499)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDBD #BD4848

analogous

#48BD82 #48BDBD #4882BD

triadic

#48BDBD #BD48BD #BDBD48

tetradic

#48BDBD #8248BD #BD4848 #82BD48

square

#48BDBD #8248BD #BD4848 #82BD48

split-complementary

#48BDBD #BD4882 #BD8248

monochromatic

#256666 #359393 #48BDBD #75CDCD #A2DDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#48BDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#48BDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDBD

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDBD	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.103 195.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73351,
    "c": 0.10342,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDBD

secondary

#CA9797

accent

#5151D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDBD

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

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