#48C5BF#48C5BF

#48C5BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.109 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C5BF
RGB	rgb(72, 197, 191)
HSL	hsl(177, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.94, -35.37, -7.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.94, 36.09, 191.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.1073 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.109 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0385, 45.0683, 56.2907)
Luminance	0.4507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C5BF #C5484E

analogous

#48C580 #48C5BF #488CC5

triadic

#48C5BF #BF48C5 #C5BF48

tetradic

#48C5BF #8048C5 #C5484E #8CC548

square

#48C5BF #8048C5 #C5484E #8CC548

split-complementary

#48C5BF #C5488C #C58048

monochromatic

#236F6C #329E99 #48C5BF #76D4CF #A5E2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#48C5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#48C5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C5BF

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C5BF	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 197, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.109 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad7d2',
    500: '#48c5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c5bf;
$custom-light: #8ad7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.12,
    "s": 51.867,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75356,
    "c": 0.10913,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C5BF

secondary

#CF999C

accent

#4C53DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C5BF

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

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