#48BEBF#48BEBF

#48BEBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.104 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BEBF
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 191)
HSL	hsl(181, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -32.07, -10.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 33.68, 197.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.1 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.104 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4858, 41.9629, 55.7731)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BEBF #BF4948

analogous

#48BF85 #48BEBF #4883BF

triadic

#48BEBF #BF48BE #BEBF48

tetradic

#48BEBF #8548BF #BF4948 #83BF48

square

#48BEBF #8548BF #BF4948 #83BF48

split-complementary

#48BEBF #BF4883 #BF8548

monochromatic

#246868 #349596 #48BEBF #75CECF #A3DEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#48BEBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#48BEBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEBF

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BEBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BEBF	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA8C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.104 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d2d2',
    500: '#48bebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bebf;
$custom-light: #89d2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.504,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73662,
    "c": 0.104,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BEBF

secondary

#CC9897

accent

#5150D8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEBF

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

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