#48BCA4#48BCA4

#48BCA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.110 H 176.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCA4
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 164)
HSL	hsl(168, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 12.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -38.36, 2.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 38.44, 176.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.11 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.11 176.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3534, 40.0216, 41.3982)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCA4 #BC4860

analogous

#48BC6A #48BCA4 #489ABC

triadic

#48BCA4 #A448BC #BCA448

tetradic

#48BCA4 #6A48BC #BC4860 #9ABC48

square

#48BCA4 #6A48BC #BC4860 #9ABC48

split-complementary

#48BCA4 #BC489A #BC6A48

monochromatic

#256558 #35927E #48BCA4 #75CCBA #A2DDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#48BCA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#48BCA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCA4

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCA4	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B1A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.110 176.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1be',
    500: '#48bca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bca4;
$custom-light: #87d1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.586,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72307,
    "c": 0.11013,
    "h": 176.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCA4

secondary

#CA96A1

accent

#526DD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCA4

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

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