#48C6BB#48C6BB

#48C6BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.111 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C6BB
RGB	rgb(72, 198, 187)
HSL	hsl(175, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(175, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 0%, 5.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.12, -36.92, -4.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.12, 37.22, 187.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.1101 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.111 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8321, 45.3503, 54.0799)
Luminance	0.4535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C6BB #C64853

analogous

#48C67C #48C6BB #4892C6

triadic

#48C6BB #BB48C6 #C6BB48

tetradic

#48C6BB #7C48C6 #C64853 #92C648

square

#48C6BB #7C48C6 #C64853 #92C648

split-complementary

#48C6BB #C64892 #C67C48

monochromatic

#23716A #329F96 #48C6BB #77D5CC #A5E3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#48C6BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#48C6BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C6BB

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C6BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C6BB	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBCBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c6bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 198, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.111 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad8cf',
    500: '#48c6bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c6bb;
$custom-light: #8ad8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c6bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.762,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75469,
    "c": 0.11089,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C6BB

secondary

#D09A9E

accent

#4C58DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C6BB

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

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