#48C1BA#48C1BA

#48C1BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.107 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C1BA
RGB	rgb(72, 193, 186)
HSL	hsl(177, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 3.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -34.87, -6.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 35.46, 190.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.1053 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.107 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6014, 43.0595, 53.1434)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C1BA #C1484F

analogous

#48C17E #48C1BA #488CC1

triadic

#48C1BA #BA48C1 #C1BA48

tetradic

#48C1BA #7E48C1 #C1484F #8CC148

square

#48C1BA #7E48C1 #C1484F #8CC148

split-complementary

#48C1BA #C1488C #C17E48

monochromatic

#246B66 #349892 #48C1BA #76D0CB #A3E0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#48C1BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#48C1BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C1BA

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C1BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C1BA	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B7BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c1ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 193, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.107 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d4ce',
    500: '#48c1ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c1ba;
$custom-light: #89d4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c1ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.529,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7422,
    "c": 0.10685,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C1BA

secondary

#CD989B

accent

#4F57D9

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C1BA

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

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