#48C8BF#48C8BF

#48C8BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.112 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8BF
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 191)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(176, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 4.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -36.76, -5.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 37.23, 189.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% -0.1104 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.112 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7265, 46.4443, 56.5200)
Luminance	0.4645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8BF #C84851

analogous

#48C87F #48C8BF #4891C8

triadic

#48C8BF #BF48C8 #C8BF48

tetradic

#48C8BF #7F48C8 #C84851 #91C848

square

#48C8BF #7F48C8 #C84851 #91C848

split-complementary

#48C8BF #C84891 #C87F48

monochromatic

#23736D #31A29A #48C8BF #77D6CF #A6E4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#48C8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#48C8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8BF

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8BF	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.112 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad9d2',
    500: '#48c8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8bf;
$custom-light: #8ad9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.781,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76083,
    "c": 0.1116,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8BF

secondary

#D19A9E

accent

#4B55DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8BF

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

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