#48BCA6#48BCA6

#48BCA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.109 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCA6
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 166)
HSL	hsl(169, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(169, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 11.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -37.85, 1.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 37.88, 177.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.109 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.109 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5354, 40.0944, 42.3569)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCA6 #BC485E

analogous

#48BC6C #48BCA6 #4898BC

triadic

#48BCA6 #A648BC #BCA648

tetradic

#48BCA6 #6C48BC #BC485E #98BC48

square

#48BCA6 #6C48BC #BC485E #98BC48

split-complementary

#48BCA6 #BC4898 #BC6C48

monochromatic

#256559 #359280 #48BCA6 #75CCBC #A2DDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#48BCA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#48BCA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCA6

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCA6	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B1A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.109 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1c0',
    500: '#48bca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bca6;
$custom-light: #87d1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.621,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72366,
    "c": 0.10909,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCA6

secondary

#CA96A0

accent

#526BD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCA6

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

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