#48C0BB#48C0BB

#48C0BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.106 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C0BB
RGB	rgb(72, 192, 187)
HSL	hsl(178, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(178, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 2.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -34.13, -7.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 34.92, 192.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.1038 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.106 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4878, 42.6616, 53.6318)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C0BB #C0484D

analogous

#48C07F #48C0BB #4889C0

triadic

#48C0BB #BB48C0 #C0BB48

tetradic

#48C0BB #7F48C0 #C0484D #89C048

square

#48C0BB #7F48C0 #C0484D #89C048

split-complementary

#48C0BB #C04889 #C07F48

monochromatic

#246966 #349793 #48C0BB #76D0CC #A3DFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#48C0BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#48C0BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C0BB

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C0BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C0BB	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c0bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 192, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.106 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d3cf',
    500: '#48c0bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c0bb;
$custom-light: #89d3cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c0bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.5,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74011,
    "c": 0.10586,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C0BB

secondary

#CC989A

accent

#4F55D8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C0BB

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

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