#48C3B4#48C3B4

#48C3B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.110 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C3B4
RGB	rgb(72, 195, 180)
HSL	hsl(173, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 7.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -37.41, -2.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 37.49, 183.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.1101 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.11 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4220, 43.6999, 50.0028)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C3B4 #C34857

analogous

#48C377 #48C3B4 #4894C3

triadic

#48C3B4 #B448C3 #C3B448

tetradic

#48C3B4 #7748C3 #C34857 #94C348

square

#48C3B4 #7748C3 #C34857 #94C348

split-complementary

#48C3B4 #C34894 #C37748

monochromatic

#246D64 #339B8E #48C3B4 #76D2C7 #A4E1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#48C3B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#48C3B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C3B4

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C3B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C3B4	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB8B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ABB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c3b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 195, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.110 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d6ca',
    500: '#48c3b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c3b4;
$custom-light: #89d6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c3b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.683,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74515,
    "c": 0.11033,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C3B4

secondary

#CE999F

accent

#4E5FDA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C3B4

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

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