#48BCAC#48BCAC

#48BCAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.106 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCAC
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 172)
HSL	hsl(172, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -36.30, -1.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 36.33, 182.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.1063 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.106 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0987, 40.3198, 45.3234)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCAC #BC4858

analogous

#48BC72 #48BCAC #4892BC

triadic

#48BCAC #AC48BC #BCAC48

tetradic

#48BCAC #7248BC #BC4858 #92BC48

square

#48BCAC #7248BC #BC4858 #92BC48

split-complementary

#48BCAC #BC4892 #BC7248

monochromatic

#25655C #359285 #48BCAC #75CCC0 #A2DDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#48BCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#48BCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCAC

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCAC	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.106 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1c4',
    500: '#48bcac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcac;
$custom-light: #88d1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.724,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72549,
    "c": 0.10642,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCAC

secondary

#CA969D

accent

#5264D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCAC

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

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