#48BEBB#48BEBB

#48BEBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.104 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BEBB
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 187)
HSL	hsl(178, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, -33.19, -8.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 34.21, 194.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.1017 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.104 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0516, 41.7893, 53.4864)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BEBB #BE484B

analogous

#48BE80 #48BEBB #4886BE

triadic

#48BEBB #BB48BE #BEBB48

tetradic

#48BEBB #8048BE #BE484B #86BE48

square

#48BEBB #8048BE #BE484B #86BE48

split-complementary

#48BEBB #BE4886 #BE8048

monochromatic

#256765 #359492 #48BEBB #75CECC #A2DEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#48BEBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#48BEBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEBB

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BEBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BEBB	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.104 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d2cf',
    500: '#48bebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bebb;
$custom-light: #89d2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.475,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73525,
    "c": 0.10432,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BEBB

secondary

#CB9798

accent

#5154D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEBB

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

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