#48C3B8#48C3B8

#48C3B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.109 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C3B8
RGB	rgb(72, 195, 184)
HSL	hsl(175, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(175, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 5.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -36.34, -4.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 36.63, 187.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.1083 -0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.109 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8354, 43.8653, 52.1799)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C3B8 #C34853

analogous

#48C37A #48C3B8 #4891C3

triadic

#48C3B8 #B848C3 #C3B848

tetradic

#48C3B8 #7A48C3 #C34853 #91C348

square

#48C3B8 #7A48C3 #C34853 #91C348

split-complementary

#48C3B8 #C34891 #C37A48

monochromatic

#246D66 #339B92 #48C3B8 #76D2CA #A4E1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#48C3B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#48C3B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C3B8

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C3B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C3B8	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B9B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ABB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c3b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 195, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.109 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d5cd',
    500: '#48c3b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c3b8;
$custom-light: #89d5cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c3b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.634,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74642,
    "c": 0.10905,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C3B8

secondary

#CE999D

accent

#4E5ADA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C3B8

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

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