#48BCBA#48BCBA

#48BCBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.103 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCBA
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -32.52, -8.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 33.65, 194.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.1001 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.103 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5147, 40.8862, 52.7812)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCBA #BC484A

analogous

#48BC80 #48BCBA #4884BC

triadic

#48BCBA #BA48BC #BCBA48

tetradic

#48BCBA #8048BC #BC484A #84BC48

square

#48BCBA #8048BC #BC484A #84BC48

split-complementary

#48BCBA #BC4884 #BC8048

monochromatic

#256564 #359290 #48BCBA #75CCCB #A2DDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#48BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#48BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCBA

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCBA	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.103 193.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.966,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73006,
    "c": 0.10295,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCBA

secondary

#CA9697

accent

#5254D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCBA

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

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