#48C8B3#48C8B3

#48C8B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.116 H 180.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8B3
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 179)
HSL	hsl(170, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(170, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 10.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.50, -39.93, 0.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.50, 39.93, 179.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.1157 -0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.116 180.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4596, 45.9375, 49.8479)
Luminance	0.4594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8B3 #C8485D

analogous

#48C873 #48C8B3 #489DC8

triadic

#48C8B3 #B348C8 #C8B348

tetradic

#48C8B3 #7348C8 #C8485D #9DC848

square

#48C8B3 #7348C8 #C8485D #9DC848

split-complementary

#48C8B3 #C8489D #C87348

monochromatic

#237366 #31A28F #48C8B3 #77D6C7 #A6E4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#48C8B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#48C8B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8B3

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8B3	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BDB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAFB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.116 180.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad9c9',
    500: '#48c8b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8b3;
$custom-light: #8ad9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.156,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75708,
    "c": 0.11573,
    "h": 180.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8B3

secondary

#D19AA3

accent

#4B63DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8B3

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

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