#48BCB5#48BCB5

#48BCB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.104 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCB5
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 181)
HSL	hsl(176, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -33.89, -6.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 34.45, 190.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.1023 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.104 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9925, 40.6773, 50.0307)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCB5 #BC484F

analogous

#48BC7B #48BCB5 #4889BC

triadic

#48BCB5 #B548BC #BCB548

tetradic

#48BCB5 #7B48BC #BC484F #89BC48

square

#48BCB5 #7B48BC #BC484F #89BC48

split-complementary

#48BCB5 #BC4889 #BC7B48

monochromatic

#256561 #35928C #48BCB5 #75CCC7 #A2DDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#48BCB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#48BCB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCB5

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCB5	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B3B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.104 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0cb',
    500: '#48bcb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcb5;
$custom-light: #88d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.379,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72838,
    "c": 0.10371,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCB5

secondary

#CA9699

accent

#525AD6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCB5

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

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