#48BCB3#48BCB3

#48BCB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.104 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCB3
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 179)
HSL	hsl(175, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -34.44, -5.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 34.82, 188.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.1032 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.104 188)
XYZ	xyz(28.7887, 40.5958, 48.9577)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCB3 #BC4851

analogous

#48BC79 #48BCB3 #488BBC

triadic

#48BCB3 #B348BC #BCB348

tetradic

#48BCB3 #7948BC #BC4851 #8BBC48

square

#48BCB3 #7948BC #BC4851 #8BBC48

split-complementary

#48BCB3 #BC488B #BC7948

monochromatic

#256560 #35928A #48BCB3 #75CCC6 #A2DDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#48BCB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#48BCB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCB3

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCB3	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.104 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0c9',
    500: '#48bcb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcb3;
$custom-light: #88d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.345,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72772,
    "c": 0.10417,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.40599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCB3

secondary

#CA969A

accent

#525CD6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCB3

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

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