#48C1BF#48C1BF

#48C1BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.106 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C1BF
RGB	rgb(72, 193, 191)
HSL	hsl(179, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -33.50, -8.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 34.67, 194.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.1031 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.106 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1423, 43.2759, 55.9919)
Luminance	0.4328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C1BF #C1484A

analogous

#48C183 #48C1BF #4887C1

triadic

#48C1BF #BF48C1 #C1BF48

tetradic

#48C1BF #8348C1 #C1484A #87C148

square

#48C1BF #8348C1 #C1484A #87C148

split-complementary

#48C1BF #C14887 #C18348

monochromatic

#246B69 #349897 #48C1BF #76D0CF #A3E0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#48C1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#48C1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C1BF

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C1BF	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AAC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 193, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.106 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad4d2',
    500: '#48c1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c1bf;
$custom-light: #8ad4d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.008,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74388,
    "c": 0.1061,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C1BF

secondary

#CD9899

accent

#4F51D9

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C1BF

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

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