#48BCB0#48BCB0

#48BCB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.105 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCB0
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 176)
HSL	hsl(174, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 6.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -35.24, -3.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 35.43, 185.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.1045 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.105 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4886, 40.4757, 47.3771)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCB0 #BC4854

analogous

#48BC76 #48BCB0 #488EBC

triadic

#48BCB0 #B048BC #BCB048

tetradic

#48BCB0 #7648BC #BC4854 #8EBC48

square

#48BCB0 #7648BC #BC4854 #8EBC48

split-complementary

#48BCB0 #BC488E #BC7648

monochromatic

#25655E #359288 #48BCB0 #75CCC3 #A2DDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#48BCB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#48BCB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCB0

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCB0	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.105 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0c7',
    500: '#48bcb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcb0;
$custom-light: #88d0c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.793,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72675,
    "c": 0.10502,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCB0

secondary

#CA969C

accent

#525FD6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCB0

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

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