#48BCB4#48BCB4

#48BCB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.104 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCB4
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 180)
HSL	hsl(176, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -34.16, -5.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 34.63, 189.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.1027 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.104 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8902, 40.6364, 49.4922)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCB4 #BC4850

analogous

#48BC7A #48BCB4 #488ABC

triadic

#48BCB4 #B448BC #BCB448

tetradic

#48BCB4 #7A48BC #BC4850 #8ABC48

square

#48BCB4 #7A48BC #BC4850 #8ABC48

split-complementary

#48BCB4 #BC488A #BC7A48

monochromatic

#256560 #35928B #48BCB4 #75CCC6 #A2DDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#48BCB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#48BCB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCB4

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCB4	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B3B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.104 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0ca',
    500: '#48bcb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcb4;
$custom-light: #88d0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.862,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72805,
    "c": 0.10393,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCB4

secondary

#CA969A

accent

#525BD6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCB4

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

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