#48C3BC#48C3BC

#48C3BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.108 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C3BC
RGB	rgb(72, 195, 188)
HSL	hsl(177, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 3.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -35.26, -6.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 35.87, 190.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.1065 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.108 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2606, 44.0354, 54.4194)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C3BC #C3484F

analogous

#48C37E #48C3BC #488DC3

triadic

#48C3BC #BC48C3 #C3BC48

tetradic

#48C3BC #7E48C3 #C3484F #8DC348

square

#48C3BC #7E48C3 #C3484F #8DC348

split-complementary

#48C3BC #C3488D #C37E48

monochromatic

#246D69 #339B95 #48C3BC #76D2CD #A4E1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#48C3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#48C3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C3BC

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C3BC	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 195, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.108 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad5d0',
    500: '#48c3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c3bc;
$custom-light: #8ad5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.585,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74772,
    "c": 0.1081,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C3BC

secondary

#CE999C

accent

#4E56DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C3BC

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

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