#48BDBE#48BDBE

#48BDBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.103 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDBE
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -31.88, -10.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 33.48, 197.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.0994 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.103 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1603, 41.4874, 55.1236)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDBE #BE4948

analogous

#48BE84 #48BDBE #4882BE

triadic

#48BDBE #BE48BD #BDBE48

tetradic

#48BDBE #8448BE #BE4948 #82BE48

square

#48BDBE #8448BE #BE4948 #82BE48

split-complementary

#48BDBE #BE4882 #BE8448

monochromatic

#256667 #359394 #48BDBE #75CDCE #A2DEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#48BDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#48BDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDBE

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDBE	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.103 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d1d1',
    500: '#48bdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bdbe;
$custom-light: #89d1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.508,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73385,
    "c": 0.10337,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDBE

secondary

#CB9797

accent

#5251D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDBE

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

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