#48C1BC#48C1BC

#48C1BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.106 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C1BC
RGB	rgb(72, 193, 188)
HSL	hsl(178, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(178, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 2.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -34.33, -7.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 35.13, 192.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.1044 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.106 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8155, 43.1452, 54.2710)
Luminance	0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C1BC #C1484D

analogous

#48C180 #48C1BC #4889C1

triadic

#48C1BC #BC48C1 #C1BC48

tetradic

#48C1BC #8048C1 #C1484D #89C148

square

#48C1BC #8048C1 #C1484D #89C148

split-complementary

#48C1BC #C14889 #C18048

monochromatic

#246B68 #349894 #48C1BC #76D0CD #A3E0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#48C1BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#48C1BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C1BC

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C1BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C1BC	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c1bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 193, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.106 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d4d0',
    500: '#48c1bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c1bc;
$custom-light: #89d4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c1bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.521,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74287,
    "c": 0.10648,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C1BC

secondary

#CD989A

accent

#4F55D9

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C1BC

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

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