#48BCB8#48BCB8

#48BCB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.103 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCB8
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 184)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -33.07, -7.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 33.95, 193.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.101 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.103 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3036, 40.8017, 51.6693)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCB8 #BC484C

analogous

#48BC7E #48BCB8 #4886BC

triadic

#48BCB8 #B848BC #BCB848

tetradic

#48BCB8 #7E48BC #BC484C #86BC48

square

#48BCB8 #7E48BC #BC484C #86BC48

split-complementary

#48BCB8 #BC4886 #BC7E48

monochromatic

#256563 #35928E #48BCB8 #75CCC9 #A2DDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#48BCB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#48BCB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCB8

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCB8	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.103 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0cd',
    500: '#48bcb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcb8;
$custom-light: #89d0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.931,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72938,
    "c": 0.10319,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCB8

secondary

#CA9698

accent

#5256D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCB8

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

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