#48BCBF#48BCBF

#48BCBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.103 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCBF
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(182, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -31.11, -11.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 33.06, 199.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0979 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.103 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0556, 41.1025, 55.6297)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCBF #BF4B48

analogous

#48BF87 #48BCBF #4881BF

triadic

#48BCBF #BF48BC #BCBF48

tetradic

#48BCBF #8748BF #BF4B48 #81BF48

square

#48BCBF #8748BF #BF4B48 #81BF48

split-complementary

#48BCBF #BF4881 #BF8748

monochromatic

#246668 #349396 #48BCBF #75CDCF #A3DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#48BCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#48BCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCBF

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCBF	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.103 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0d2',
    500: '#48bcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcbf;
$custom-light: #89d0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.513,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73179,
    "c": 0.10272,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCBF

secondary

#CC9997

accent

#5350D8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCBF

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

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