#48C8BE#48C8BE

#48C8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.112 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8BE
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 190)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(175, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -37.03, -5.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 37.42, 188.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.1108 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.112 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6168, 46.4004, 55.9424)
Luminance	0.4640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8BE #C84852

analogous

#48C87E #48C8BE #4892C8

triadic

#48C8BE #BE48C8 #C8BE48

tetradic

#48C8BE #7E48C8 #C84852 #92C848

square

#48C8BE #7E48C8 #C84852 #92C848

split-complementary

#48C8BE #C84892 #C87E48

monochromatic

#23736D #31A299 #48C8BE #77D6CF #A6E4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#48C8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#48C8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8BE

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8BE	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.112 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad9d1',
    500: '#48c8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8be;
$custom-light: #8ad9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.313,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76051,
    "c": 0.11184,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8BE

secondary

#D19A9F

accent

#4B56DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8BE

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

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