#48C4B1#48C4B1

#48C4B1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.113 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C4B1
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 177)
HSL	hsl(171, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(171, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 9.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -38.65, -0.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 38.65, 180.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.1125 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.113 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3445, 44.0286, 48.4856)
Luminance	0.4403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C4B1 #C4485B

analogous

#48C473 #48C4B1 #4899C4

triadic

#48C4B1 #B148C4 #C4B148

tetradic

#48C4B1 #7348C4 #C4485B #99C448

square

#48C4B1 #7348C4 #C4485B #99C448

split-complementary

#48C4B1 #C44899 #C47348

monochromatic

#236E63 #329C8C #48C4B1 #76D3C5 #A5E2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#48C4B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#48C4B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C4B1

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C4B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C4B1	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)

#BCB9B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ACB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c4b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.113 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d6c8',
    500: '#48c4b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c4b1;
$custom-light: #89d6c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c4b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.806,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74667,
    "c": 0.1125,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C4B1

secondary

#CF99A1

accent

#4D63DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C4B1

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

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