#48C8B8#48C8B8

#48C8B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.114 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8B8
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 184)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 8%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, -38.63, -2.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 38.70, 183.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.1135 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.114 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9745, 46.1435, 52.5596)
Luminance	0.4615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8B8 #C84858

analogous

#48C878 #48C8B8 #4898C8

triadic

#48C8B8 #B848C8 #C8B848

tetradic

#48C8B8 #7848C8 #C84858 #98C848

square

#48C8B8 #7848C8 #C84858 #98C848

split-complementary

#48C8B8 #C84898 #C87848

monochromatic

#237369 #31A294 #48C8B8 #77D6CA #A6E4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#48C8B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#48C8B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8B8

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8B8	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBDB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAFBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.114 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad9cd',
    500: '#48c8b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8b8;
$custom-light: #8ad9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75861,
    "c": 0.11369,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8B8

secondary

#D19AA1

accent

#4B5DDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8B8

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

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