#48C0BD#48C0BD

#48C0BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.106 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C0BD
RGB	rgb(72, 192, 189)
HSL	hsl(179, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 1.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -33.58, -8.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 34.61, 194.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.103 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.106 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7034, 42.7478, 54.7673)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C0BD #C0484B

analogous

#48C081 #48C0BD #4887C0

triadic

#48C0BD #BD48C0 #C0BD48

tetradic

#48C0BD #8148C0 #C0484B #87C048

square

#48C0BD #8148C0 #C0484B #87C048

split-complementary

#48C0BD #C04887 #C08148

monochromatic

#246968 #349794 #48C0BD #76D0CD #A3DFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#48C0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#48C0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C0BD

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C0BD	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 192, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.106 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d3d0',
    500: '#48c0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c0bd;
$custom-light: #89d3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.5,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74078,
    "c": 0.10558,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C0BD

secondary

#CC9899

accent

#4F53D8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C0BD

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

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