#48BCBC#48BCBC

#48BCBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.103 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCBC
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -31.96, -9.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 33.39, 196.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0992 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.103 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7288, 40.9718, 53.9088)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCBC #BC4848

analogous

#48BC82 #48BCBC #4882BC

triadic

#48BCBC #BC48BC #BCBC48

tetradic

#48BCBC #8248BC #BC4848 #82BC48

square

#48BCBC #8248BC #BC4848 #82BC48

split-complementary

#48BCBC #BC4882 #BC8248

monochromatic

#256565 #359292 #48BCBC #75CCCC #A2DDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#48BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#48BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCBC

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCBC	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	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)

#B0B3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.103 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0d0',
    500: '#48bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcbc;
$custom-light: #89d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73074,
    "c": 0.10279,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCBC

secondary

#CA9696

accent

#5252D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCBC

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

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