#48C4BC#48C4BC

#48C4BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.109 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C4BC
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 188)
HSL	hsl(176, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 4.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -35.73, -6.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 36.25, 189.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.1076 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.109 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4854, 44.4850, 54.4943)
Luminance	0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C4BC #C44850

analogous

#48C47E #48C4BC #488EC4

triadic

#48C4BC #BC48C4 #C4BC48

tetradic

#48C4BC #7E48C4 #C44850 #8EC448

square

#48C4BC #7E48C4 #C44850 #8EC448

split-complementary

#48C4BC #C4488E #C47E48

monochromatic

#236E69 #329C96 #48C4BC #76D3CD #A5E2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#48C4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#48C4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C4BC

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C4BC	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.109 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad6d0',
    500: '#48c4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c4bc;
$custom-light: #8ad6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.129,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75015,
    "c": 0.10892,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C4BC

secondary

#CF999C

accent

#4D56DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C4BC

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

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