#48C8B0#48C8B0

#48C8B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.117 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8B0
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 176)
HSL	hsl(169, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 12%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, -40.70, 1.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 40.73, 177.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.1171 0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.117 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1595, 45.8175, 48.2674)
Luminance	0.4582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8B0 #C84860

analogous

#48C870 #48C8B0 #48A0C8

triadic

#48C8B0 #B048C8 #C8B048

tetradic

#48C8B0 #7048C8 #C84860 #A0C848

square

#48C8B0 #7048C8 #C84860 #A0C848

split-complementary

#48C8B0 #C848A0 #C87048

monochromatic

#237364 #31A28D #48C8B0 #77D6C4 #A6E4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#48C8B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#48C8B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8B0

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8B0	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BCAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAFB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.117 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9c7',
    500: '#48c8b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8b0;
$custom-light: #89d9c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.75,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75619,
    "c": 0.11716,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8B0

secondary

#D19AA5

accent

#4B66DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8B0

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

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