#48BCB7#48BCB7

#48BCB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.103 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCB7
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 183)
HSL	hsl(177, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 2.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -33.35, -7.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 34.10, 192.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.1014 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.103 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1992, 40.7599, 51.1192)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCB7 #BC484D

analogous

#48BC7D #48BCB7 #4887BC

triadic

#48BCB7 #B748BC #BCB748

tetradic

#48BCB7 #7D48BC #BC484D #87BC48

square

#48BCB7 #7D48BC #BC484D #87BC48

split-complementary

#48BCB7 #BC4887 #BC7D48

monochromatic

#256562 #35928E #48BCB7 #75CCC9 #A2DDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#48BCB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#48BCB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCB7

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCB7	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.103 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0cc',
    500: '#48bcb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcb7;
$custom-light: #88d0cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.414,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72904,
    "c": 0.10334,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCB7

secondary

#CA9698

accent

#5257D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCB7

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

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