#48BCBB#48BCBB

#48BCBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.103 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCBB
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 187)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -32.24, -9.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 33.52, 195.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0996 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.103 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6214, 40.9288, 53.3430)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCBB #BC4849

analogous

#48BC81 #48BCBB #4883BC

triadic

#48BCBB #BB48BC #BCBB48

tetradic

#48BCBB #8148BC #BC4849 #83BC48

square

#48BCBB #8148BC #BC4849 #83BC48

split-complementary

#48BCBB #BC4883 #BC8148

monochromatic

#256564 #359291 #48BCBB #75CCCC #A2DDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#48BCBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#48BCBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCBB

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCBB	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.103 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0cf',
    500: '#48bcbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcbb;
$custom-light: #89d0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.483,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7304,
    "c": 0.10285,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCBB

secondary

#CA9697

accent

#5253D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCBB

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

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