#48C8BD#48C8BD

#48C8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.112 H 187.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8BD
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 189)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(175, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -37.30, -4.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 37.62, 187.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.1113 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.112 187)
XYZ	xyz(32.5079, 46.3568, 55.3688)
Luminance	0.4636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8BD #C84853

analogous

#48C87D #48C8BD #4893C8

triadic

#48C8BD #BD48C8 #C8BD48

tetradic

#48C8BD #7D48C8 #C84853 #93C848

square

#48C8BD #7D48C8 #C84853 #93C848

split-complementary

#48C8BD #C84893 #C87D48

monochromatic

#23736C #31A298 #48C8BD #77D6CE #A6E4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#48C8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#48C8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8BD

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8BD	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.112 187.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad9d0',
    500: '#48c8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8bd;
$custom-light: #8ad9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.844,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76019,
    "c": 0.1121,
    "h": 187
  },
  "luminance": 0.4636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8BD

secondary

#D19A9F

accent

#4B57DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8BD

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

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