#48C8B4#48C8B4

#48C8B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.115 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8B4
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 180)
HSL	hsl(171, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(171, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 10%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, -39.67, -0.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 39.67, 180.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.1153 -0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.115 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5611, 45.9781, 50.3825)
Luminance	0.4598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8B4 #C8485C

analogous

#48C874 #48C8B4 #489CC8

triadic

#48C8B4 #B448C8 #C8B448

tetradic

#48C8B4 #7448C8 #C8485C #9CC848

square

#48C8B4 #7448C8 #C8485C #9CC848

split-complementary

#48C8B4 #C8489C #C87448

monochromatic

#237366 #31A290 #48C8B4 #77D6C7 #A6E4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#48C8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#48C8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8B4

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8B4	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BDB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAFB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.115 180.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad9ca',
    500: '#48c8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8b4;
$custom-light: #8ad9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.625,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75738,
    "c": 0.11529,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8B4

secondary

#D19AA3

accent

#4B62DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8B4

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

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