#48C8BB#48C8BB

#48C8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.113 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8BB
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 187)
HSL	hsl(174, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(174, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -37.84, -3.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 38.03, 185.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.1121 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.113 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2923, 46.2706, 54.2333)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8BB #C84855

analogous

#48C87B #48C8BB #4895C8

triadic

#48C8BB #BB48C8 #C8BB48

tetradic

#48C8BB #7B48C8 #C84855 #95C848

square

#48C8BB #7B48C8 #C84855 #95C848

split-complementary

#48C8BB #C84895 #C87B48

monochromatic

#23736B #31A297 #48C8BB #77D6CC #A6E4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#48C8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#48C8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8BB

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8BB	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.113 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad9cf',
    500: '#48c8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8bb;
$custom-light: #8ad9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.906,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75955,
    "c": 0.11269,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8BB

secondary

#D19AA0

accent

#4B5ADD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8BB

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

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