#48C4BF#48C4BF

#48C4BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.108 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C4BF
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 191)
HSL	hsl(178, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(178, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 2.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -34.91, -7.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 35.73, 192.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.1062 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.108 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8122, 44.6157, 56.2152)
Luminance	0.4462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C4BF #C4484D

analogous

#48C481 #48C4BF #488BC4

triadic

#48C4BF #BF48C4 #C4BF48

tetradic

#48C4BF #8148C4 #C4484D #8BC448

square

#48C4BF #8148C4 #C4484D #8BC448

split-complementary

#48C4BF #C4488B #C48148

monochromatic

#236E6B #329C98 #48C4BF #76D3CF #A5E2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#48C4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#48C4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C4BF

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C4BF	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.108 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad6d2',
    500: '#48c4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c4bf;
$custom-light: #8ad6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.581,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75114,
    "c": 0.10835,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C4BF

secondary

#CF999B

accent

#4D53DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C4BF

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

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