#48BCA1#48BCA1

#48BCA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.112 H 174.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCA1
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 161)
HSL	hsl(166, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(166, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 14.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -39.11, 4.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 39.32, 174.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.1113 0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.112 174.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0857, 39.9145, 39.9881)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCA1 #BC4863

analogous

#48BC67 #48BCA1 #489DBC

triadic

#48BCA1 #A148BC #BCA148

tetradic

#48BCA1 #6748BC #BC4863 #9DBC48

square

#48BCA1 #6748BC #BC4863 #9DBC48

split-complementary

#48BCA1 #BC489D #BC6748

monochromatic

#256556 #35927C #48BCA1 #75CCB8 #A2DDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#48BCA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#48BCA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCA1

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCA1	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)

#B6B1A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A4A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.112 174.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1bc',
    500: '#48bca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bca1;
$custom-light: #87d1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.034,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72219,
    "c": 0.1118,
    "h": 174.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCA1

secondary

#CA96A2

accent

#5271D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCA1

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

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