#48C1BE#48C1BE

#48C1BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.106 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C1BE
RGB	rgb(72, 193, 190)
HSL	hsl(179, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 1.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -33.78, -8.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 34.82, 194.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.1036 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.106 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0326, 43.2320, 55.4144)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C1BE #C1484B

analogous

#48C181 #48C1BE #4888C1

triadic

#48C1BE #BE48C1 #C1BE48

tetradic

#48C1BE #8148C1 #C1484B #88C148

square

#48C1BE #8148C1 #C1484B #88C148

split-complementary

#48C1BE #C14888 #C18148

monochromatic

#246B69 #349896 #48C1BE #76D0CE #A3E0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#48C1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#48C1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C1BE

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C1BE	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 193, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.106 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad4d1',
    500: '#48c1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c1be;
$custom-light: #8ad4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.512,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74354,
    "c": 0.1062,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C1BE

secondary

#CD9899

accent

#4F52D9

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C1BE

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

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