#48BBC4#48BBC4

#48BBC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.103 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBC4
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 196)
HSL	hsl(184, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 4.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -29.20, -14.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 32.44, 205.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0948 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.103 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4023, 40.9006, 58.5062)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBC4 #C45148

analogous

#48C48F #48BBC4 #487DC4

triadic

#48BBC4 #C448BB #BBC448

tetradic

#48BBC4 #8F48C4 #C45148 #7DC448

square

#48BBC4 #8F48C4 #C45148 #7DC448

split-complementary

#48BBC4 #C4487D #C48F48

monochromatic

#23696E #32959C #48BBC4 #76CCD3 #A5DDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#48BBC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#48BBC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBC4

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBC4	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB3C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA5C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.103 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0d5',
    500: '#48bbc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbc4;
$custom-light: #89d0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.355,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73116,
    "c": 0.10254,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBC4

secondary

#CF9D99

accent

#574DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBC4

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

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