#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
RGBrgb(72, 196, 180)
HSLhsl(172, 51%, 53%)
HSVhsv(172, 63%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(63.3%, 0%, 8.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(72.33, -37.86, -2.09)
CIE-LCHlch(72.33, 37.92, 183.16°)
OKLaboklab(74.76% -0.1111 -0.0062)
OKLCHoklch(74.76% 0.111 183.2)
XYZxyz(30.6468, 44.1496, 50.0778)
Luminance0.4415 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48C4B41.002.149.839.83
#FFFFFF2.141.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8321.001.001.00
##0000009.8321.001.001.00

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

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#48C4B4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva