#48C0BE#48C0BE

#48C0BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.105 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C0BE
RGB	rgb(72, 192, 190)
HSL	hsl(179, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -33.30, -8.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 34.47, 194.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.1025 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.105 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8123, 42.7914, 55.3409)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C0BE #C0484A

analogous

#48C082 #48C0BE #4886C0

triadic

#48C0BE #BE48C0 #C0BE48

tetradic

#48C0BE #8248C0 #C0484A #86C048

square

#48C0BE #8248C0 #C0484A #86C048

split-complementary

#48C0BE #C04886 #C08248

monochromatic

#246968 #349795 #48C0BE #76D0CE #A3DFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#48C0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#48C0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C0BE

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C0BE	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 192, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.105 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d3d1',
    500: '#48c0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c0be;
$custom-light: #89d3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74112,
    "c": 0.10547,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C0BE

secondary

#CC9898

accent

#4F52D8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C0BE

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

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