#48C8BC#48C8BC

#48C8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.112 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8BC
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 188)
HSL	hsl(174, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(174, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 6%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -37.57, -4.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 37.82, 186.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.1117 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.112 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3997, 46.3136, 54.7991)
Luminance	0.4632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8BC #C84854

analogous

#48C87C #48C8BC #4894C8

triadic

#48C8BC #BC48C8 #C8BC48

tetradic

#48C8BC #7C48C8 #C84854 #94C848

square

#48C8BC #7C48C8 #C84854 #94C848

split-complementary

#48C8BC #C84894 #C87C48

monochromatic

#23736B #31A297 #48C8BC #77D6CD #A6E4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#48C8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#48C8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8BC

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8BC	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.112 186.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad9d0',
    500: '#48c8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8bc;
$custom-light: #8ad9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.375,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75987,
    "c": 0.11238,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8BC

secondary

#D19AA0

accent

#4B58DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8BC

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

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