#48BFC0#48BFC0

#48BFC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.105 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFC0
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 192)
HSL	hsl(181, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0.5%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -32.27, -10.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 33.89, 197.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.1006 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.105 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8135, 42.4418, 56.4271)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFC0 #C04948

analogous

#48C085 #48BFC0 #4883C0

triadic

#48BFC0 #C048BF #BFC048

tetradic

#48BFC0 #8548C0 #C04948 #83C048

square

#48BFC0 #8548C0 #C04948 #83C048

split-complementary

#48BFC0 #C04883 #C08548

monochromatic

#246969 #349697 #48BFC0 #76CFD0 #A3DFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#48BFC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#48BFC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFC0

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFC0	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.105 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d2d3',
    500: '#48bfc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfc0;
$custom-light: #89d2d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.5,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73938,
    "c": 0.10463,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFC0

secondary

#CC9898

accent

#514FD8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFC0

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

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