#48C8B5#48C8B5

#48C8B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.115 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8B5
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 181)
HSL	hsl(171, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(171, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 9.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -39.41, -0.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 39.42, 181.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.1148 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.115 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6634, 46.0190, 50.9210)
Luminance	0.4602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8B5 #C8485B

analogous

#48C875 #48C8B5 #489BC8

triadic

#48C8B5 #B548C8 #C8B548

tetradic

#48C8B5 #7548C8 #C8485B #9BC848

square

#48C8B5 #7548C8 #C8485B #9BC848

split-complementary

#48C8B5 #C8489B #C87548

monochromatic

#237367 #31A291 #48C8B5 #77D6C8 #A6E4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#48C8B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#48C8B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8B5

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8B5	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)

#BFBDB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAFB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.115 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad9cb',
    500: '#48c8b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8b5;
$custom-light: #8ad9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.094,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75768,
    "c": 0.11487,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8B5

secondary

#D19AA3

accent

#4B60DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8B5

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

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