#48BCAD#48BCAD

#48BCAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.106 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCAD
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 173)
HSL	hsl(172, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -36.04, -2.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 36.10, 183.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.1059 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.106 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1951, 40.3583, 45.8311)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCAD #BC4857

analogous

#48BC73 #48BCAD #4891BC

triadic

#48BCAD #AD48BC #BCAD48

tetradic

#48BCAD #7348BC #BC4857 #91BC48

square

#48BCAD #7348BC #BC4857 #91BC48

split-complementary

#48BCAD #BC4891 #BC7348

monochromatic

#25655C #359286 #48BCAD #75CCC1 #A2DDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#48BCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#48BCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCAD

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCAD	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.106 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0c5',
    500: '#48bcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcad;
$custom-light: #88d0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.241,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7258,
    "c": 0.10604,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCAD

secondary

#CA969D

accent

#5263D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCAD

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

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