#48BCA8#48BCA8

#48BCA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.108 H 179.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCA8
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 168)
HSL	hsl(170, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -37.34, 0.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 37.34, 179.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.1081 0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.108 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7203, 40.1684, 43.3306)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCA8 #BC485C

analogous

#48BC6E #48BCA8 #4896BC

triadic

#48BCA8 #A848BC #BCA848

tetradic

#48BCA8 #6E48BC #BC485C #96BC48

square

#48BCA8 #6E48BC #BC485C #96BC48

split-complementary

#48BCA8 #BC4896 #BC6E48

monochromatic

#25655A #359282 #48BCA8 #75CCBD #A2DDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#48BCA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#48BCA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCA8

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCA8	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.108 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1c1',
    500: '#48bca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bca8;
$custom-light: #87d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.655,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72426,
    "c": 0.10813,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCA8

secondary

#CA969F

accent

#5269D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCA8

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

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