#48BCA0#48BCA0

#48BCA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.112 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCA0
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 160)
HSL	hsl(166, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(166, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 14.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -39.36, 4.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 39.62, 173.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.1118 0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.112 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9978, 39.8794, 39.5256)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCA0 #BC4864

analogous

#48BC66 #48BCA0 #489EBC

triadic

#48BCA0 #A048BC #BCA048

tetradic

#48BCA0 #6648BC #BC4864 #9EBC48

square

#48BCA0 #6648BC #BC4864 #9EBC48

split-complementary

#48BCA0 #BC489E #BC6648

monochromatic

#256555 #35927B #48BCA0 #75CCB7 #A2DDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#48BCA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#48BCA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCA0

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCA0	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B19F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A4A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.112 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1bc',
    500: '#48bca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bca0;
$custom-light: #87d1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.517,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72191,
    "c": 0.11239,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCA0

secondary

#CA96A3

accent

#5272D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCA0

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

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