#48C1BD#48C1BD

#48C1BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.106 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C1BD
RGB	rgb(72, 193, 189)
HSL	hsl(178, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(178, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 2.1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -34.05, -7.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 34.97, 193.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.104 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.106 192)
XYZ	xyz(30.9237, 43.1884, 54.8407)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C1BD #C1484C

analogous

#48C181 #48C1BD #4888C1

triadic

#48C1BD #BD48C1 #C1BD48

tetradic

#48C1BD #8148C1 #C1484C #88C148

square

#48C1BD #8148C1 #C1484C #88C148

split-complementary

#48C1BD #C14888 #C18148

monochromatic

#246B68 #349895 #48C1BD #76D0CD #A3E0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#48C1BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#48C1BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C1BD

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C1BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C1BD	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c1bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 193, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.106 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d4d0',
    500: '#48c1bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c1bd;
$custom-light: #89d4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c1bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.017,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7432,
    "c": 0.10634,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.43192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C1BD

secondary

#CD989A

accent

#4F53D9

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C1BD

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

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