#48C3BB#48C3BB

#48C3BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.108 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C3BB
RGB	rgb(72, 195, 187)
HSL	hsl(176, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 4.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -35.53, -6.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 36.05, 189.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.107 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.108 189)
XYZ	xyz(31.1532, 43.9924, 53.8536)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C3BB #C34850

analogous

#48C37E #48C3BB #488DC3

triadic

#48C3BB #BB48C3 #C3BB48

tetradic

#48C3BB #7E48C3 #C34850 #8DC348

square

#48C3BB #7E48C3 #C34850 #8DC348

split-complementary

#48C3BB #C3488D #C37E48

monochromatic

#246D68 #339B94 #48C3BB #76D2CC #A4E1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#48C3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#48C3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C3BB

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C3BB	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B9BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 195, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.108 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad5cf',
    500: '#48c3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c3bb;
$custom-light: #8ad5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.098,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74739,
    "c": 0.10831,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.43996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C3BB

secondary

#CE999C

accent

#4E57DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C3BB

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

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