#48C0BF#48C0BF

#48C0BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.105 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C0BF
RGB	rgb(72, 192, 191)
HSL	hsl(180, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(180, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 0.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -33.02, -9.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 34.34, 195.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.1021 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.105 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9219, 42.8352, 55.9185)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C0BF #C04849

analogous

#48C083 #48C0BF #4885C0

triadic

#48C0BF #BF48C0 #C0BF48

tetradic

#48C0BF #8348C0 #C04849 #85C048

square

#48C0BF #8348C0 #C04849 #85C048

split-complementary

#48C0BF #C04885 #C08348

monochromatic

#246969 #349796 #48C0BF #76D0CF #A3DFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#48C0BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#48C0BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C0BF

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C0BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C0BF	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A9C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c0bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 192, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.105 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad3d2',
    500: '#48c0bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c0bf;
$custom-light: #8ad3d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c0bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.5,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74146,
    "c": 0.10538,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C0BF

secondary

#CC9898

accent

#4F51D8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C0BF

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

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