#48BCB2#48BCB2

#48BCB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.104 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCB2
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 178)
HSL	hsl(175, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -34.71, -4.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 35.01, 187.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.1036 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.104 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6880, 40.5555, 48.4269)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCB2 #BC4852

analogous

#48BC78 #48BCB2 #488CBC

triadic

#48BCB2 #B248BC #BCB248

tetradic

#48BCB2 #7848BC #BC4852 #8CBC48

square

#48BCB2 #7848BC #BC4852 #8CBC48

split-complementary

#48BCB2 #BC488C #BC7848

monochromatic

#25655F #35928A #48BCB2 #75CCC5 #A2DDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#48BCB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#48BCB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCB2

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCB2	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.104 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0c9',
    500: '#48bcb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcb2;
$custom-light: #88d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.828,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7274,
    "c": 0.10443,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCB2

secondary

#CA969B

accent

#525DD6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCB2

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

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