#48C4B4#48C4B4

#48C4B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.111 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C4B4
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 180)
HSL	hsl(172, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 8.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, -37.86, -2.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 37.92, 183.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.1111 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.111 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6468, 44.1496, 50.0778)
Luminance	0.4415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C4B4 #C44858

analogous

#48C476 #48C4B4 #4896C4

triadic

#48C4B4 #B448C4 #C4B448

tetradic

#48C4B4 #7648C4 #C44858 #96C448

square

#48C4B4 #7648C4 #C44858 #96C448

split-complementary

#48C4B4 #C44896 #C47648

monochromatic

#236E64 #329C8F #48C4B4 #76D3C7 #A5E2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#48C4B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#48C4B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C4B4

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C4B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C4B4	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)

#BBB9B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ACB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c4b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.111 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d6ca',
    500: '#48c4b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c4b4;
$custom-light: #89d6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c4b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.258,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7476,
    "c": 0.1113,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C4B4

secondary

#CF99A0

accent

#4D5FDB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C4B4

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

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