#48C8B1#48C8B1

#48C8B1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.117 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8B1
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 177)
HSL	hsl(169, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 11.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -40.44, 1.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 40.46, 178.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.1166 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.117 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2588, 45.8572, 48.7904)
Luminance	0.4586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8B1 #C8485F

analogous

#48C871 #48C8B1 #489FC8

triadic

#48C8B1 #B148C8 #C8B148

tetradic

#48C8B1 #7148C8 #C8485F #9FC848

square

#48C8B1 #7148C8 #C8485F #9FC848

split-complementary

#48C8B1 #C8489F #C87148

monochromatic

#237365 #31A28E #48C8B1 #77D6C5 #A6E4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#48C8B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#48C8B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8B1

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8B1	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BCB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAFB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.117 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad9c8',
    500: '#48c8b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8b1;
$custom-light: #8ad9c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.219,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75648,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8B1

secondary

#D19AA4

accent

#4B65DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8B1

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

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