#48BCBD#48BCBD

#48BCBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.103 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCBD
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -31.68, -10.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 33.27, 197.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0988 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.103 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8370, 41.0151, 54.4785)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCBD #BD4948

analogous

#48BD83 #48BCBD #4881BD

triadic

#48BCBD #BD48BC #BCBD48

tetradic

#48BCBD #8348BD #BD4948 #81BD48

square

#48BCBD #8348BD #BD4948 #81BD48

split-complementary

#48BCBD #BD4881 #BD8348

monochromatic

#256566 #359293 #48BCBD #75CCCD #A2DDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#48BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#48BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCBD

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCBD	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.103 195.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.513,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73109,
    "c": 0.10274,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCBD

secondary

#CA9797

accent

#5251D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCBD

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

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