#48BBC0#48BBC0

#48BBC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.102 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBC0
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 192)
HSL	hsl(183, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 2.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -30.35, -12.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 32.68, 201.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0964 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.102 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9531, 40.7209, 56.1403)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBC0 #C04D48

analogous

#48C089 #48BBC0 #487FC0

triadic

#48BBC0 #C048BB #BBC048

tetradic

#48BBC0 #8948C0 #C04D48 #7FC048

square

#48BBC0 #8948C0 #C04D48 #7FC048

split-complementary

#48BBC0 #C0487F #C08948

monochromatic

#246669 #349397 #48BBC0 #76CCD0 #A3DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#48BBC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#48BBC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBC0

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBC0	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB3C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.102 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0d3',
    500: '#48bbc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbc0;
$custom-light: #89d0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72972,
    "c": 0.10214,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBC0

secondary

#CC9A98

accent

#554FD8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBC0

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

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