#48BCA5#48BCA5

#48BCA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.110 H 177.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCA5
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 165)
HSL	hsl(168, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 12.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -38.10, 1.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 38.16, 177.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.1095 0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.11 177.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4440, 40.0579, 41.8756)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCA5 #BC485F

analogous

#48BC6B #48BCA5 #4899BC

triadic

#48BCA5 #A548BC #BCA548

tetradic

#48BCA5 #6B48BC #BC485F #99BC48

square

#48BCA5 #6B48BC #BC485F #99BC48

split-complementary

#48BCA5 #BC4899 #BC6B48

monochromatic

#256558 #35927F #48BCA5 #75CCBB #A2DDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#48BCA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#48BCA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCA5

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCA5	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B1A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.110 177.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1bf',
    500: '#48bca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bca5;
$custom-light: #87d1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.103,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72336,
    "c": 0.1096,
    "h": 177.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCA5

secondary

#CA96A0

accent

#526CD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCA5

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

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