#48C3BE#48C3BE

#48C3BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.108 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C3BE
RGB	rgb(72, 195, 190)
HSL	hsl(178, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(178, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 2.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -34.71, -7.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 35.53, 192.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.1056 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.108 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4777, 44.1222, 55.5627)
Luminance	0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C3BE #C3484D

analogous

#48C381 #48C3BE #488BC3

triadic

#48C3BE #BE48C3 #C3BE48

tetradic

#48C3BE #8148C3 #C3484D #8BC348

square

#48C3BE #8148C3 #C3484D #8BC348

split-complementary

#48C3BE #C3488B #C38148

monochromatic

#246D6A #339B97 #48C3BE #76D2CE #A4E1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#48C3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#48C3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C3BE

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C3BE	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 195, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.108 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad5d1',
    500: '#48c3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c3be;
$custom-light: #8ad5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.561,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74838,
    "c": 0.10773,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C3BE

secondary

#CE999B

accent

#4E53DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C3BE

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

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