#48BCB1#48BCB1

#48BCB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.105 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCB1
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 177)
HSL	hsl(174, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 5.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -34.97, -4.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 35.22, 186.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.1041 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.105 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5879, 40.5155, 47.9001)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCB1 #BC4853

analogous

#48BC77 #48BCB1 #488DBC

triadic

#48BCB1 #B148BC #BCB148

tetradic

#48BCB1 #7748BC #BC4853 #8DBC48

square

#48BCB1 #7748BC #BC4853 #8DBC48

split-complementary

#48BCB1 #BC488D #BC7748

monochromatic

#25655F #359289 #48BCB1 #75CCC4 #A2DDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#48BCB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#48BCB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCB1

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCB1	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)

#B3B2B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.105 186.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0c8',
    500: '#48bcb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcb1;
$custom-light: #88d0c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.31,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72707,
    "c": 0.10471,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCB1

secondary

#CA969B

accent

#525ED6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCB1

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

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