#48C6BC#48C6BC

#48C6BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.111 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C6BC
RGB	rgb(72, 198, 188)
HSL	hsl(175, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(175, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 0%, 5.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.15, -36.65, -5.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.15, 37.02, 188.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.1096 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.111 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9395, 45.3932, 54.6457)
Luminance	0.4540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C6BC #C64852

analogous

#48C67D #48C6BC #4891C6

triadic

#48C6BC #BC48C6 #C6BC48

tetradic

#48C6BC #7D48C6 #C64852 #91C648

square

#48C6BC #7D48C6 #C64852 #91C648

split-complementary

#48C6BC #C64891 #C67D48

monochromatic

#23716A #329F97 #48C6BC #77D5CD #A5E3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#48C6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#48C6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C6BC

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C6BC	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBCBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 198, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.111 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad8d0',
    500: '#48c6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c6bc;
$custom-light: #8ad8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.238,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75501,
    "c": 0.11063,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C6BC

secondary

#D09A9E

accent

#4C57DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C6BC

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

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