#48C0BC#48C0BC

#48C0BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.106 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C0BC
RGB	rgb(72, 192, 188)
HSL	hsl(178, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(178, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 2.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -33.86, -7.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 34.76, 193.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.1034 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.106 192)
XYZ	xyz(30.5952, 42.7045, 54.1976)
Luminance	0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C0BC #C0484C

analogous

#48C080 #48C0BC #4888C0

triadic

#48C0BC #BC48C0 #C0BC48

tetradic

#48C0BC #8048C0 #C0484C #88C048

square

#48C0BC #8048C0 #C0484C #88C048

split-complementary

#48C0BC #C04888 #C08048

monochromatic

#246967 #349794 #48C0BC #76D0CD #A3DFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#48C0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#48C0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C0BC

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C0BC	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 192, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.106 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d3d0',
    500: '#48c0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c0bc;
$custom-light: #89d3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74044,
    "c": 0.10571,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.42708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C0BC

secondary

#CC9899

accent

#4F54D8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C0BC

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

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