#48BCB9#48BCB9

#48BCB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.103 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCB9
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 185)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 1.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -32.79, -8.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 33.80, 193.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.1005 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.103 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4088, 40.8438, 52.2233)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCB9 #BC484B

analogous

#48BC7F #48BCB9 #4885BC

triadic

#48BCB9 #B948BC #BCB948

tetradic

#48BCB9 #7F48BC #BC484B #85BC48

square

#48BCB9 #7F48BC #BC484B #85BC48

split-complementary

#48BCB9 #BC4885 #BC7F48

monochromatic

#256563 #35928F #48BCB9 #75CCCA #A2DDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#48BCB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#48BCB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCB9

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCB9	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.103 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0ce',
    500: '#48bcb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcb9;
$custom-light: #89d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.448,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72972,
    "c": 0.10305,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCB9

secondary

#CA9698

accent

#5255D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCB9

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

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