#48BCA9#48BCA9

#48BCA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.108 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCA9
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 169)
HSL	hsl(170, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -37.08, -0.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 37.08, 180.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.1077 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.108 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8138, 40.2058, 43.8231)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCA9 #BC485B

analogous

#48BC6F #48BCA9 #4895BC

triadic

#48BCA9 #A948BC #BCA948

tetradic

#48BCA9 #6F48BC #BC485B #95BC48

square

#48BCA9 #6F48BC #BC485B #95BC48

split-complementary

#48BCA9 #BC4895 #BC6F48

monochromatic

#25655A #359282 #48BCA9 #75CCBE #A2DDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#48BCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#48BCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCA9

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCA9	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.108 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1c2',
    500: '#48bca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bca9;
$custom-light: #88d1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.172,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72457,
    "c": 0.10767,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCA9

secondary

#CA969F

accent

#5267D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCA9

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

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