#48C1BB#48C1BB

#48C1BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.107 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C1BB
RGB	rgb(72, 193, 187)
HSL	hsl(177, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 3.1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -34.60, -6.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 35.29, 191.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.1049 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.107 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7081, 43.1022, 53.7053)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C1BB #C1484E

analogous

#48C17F #48C1BB #488BC1

triadic

#48C1BB #BB48C1 #C1BB48

tetradic

#48C1BB #7F48C1 #C1484E #8BC148

square

#48C1BB #7F48C1 #C1484E #8BC148

split-complementary

#48C1BB #C1488B #C17F48

monochromatic

#246B67 #349893 #48C1BB #76D0CC #A3E0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#48C1BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#48C1BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C1BB

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C1BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C1BB	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B7BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c1bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 193, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.107 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d4cf',
    500: '#48c1bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c1bb;
$custom-light: #89d4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c1bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.025,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74253,
    "c": 0.10666,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C1BB

secondary

#CD989B

accent

#4F56D9

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C1BB

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

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