#48C9BA#48C9BA

#48C9BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.114 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C9BA
RGB	rgb(72, 201, 186)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(173, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 0%, 7.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -38.56, -2.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 38.67, 184.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.1136 -0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.114 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4180, 46.6926, 53.7490)
Luminance	0.4670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C9BA #C94857

analogous

#48C979 #48C9BA #4897C9

triadic

#48C9BA #BA48C9 #C9BA48

tetradic

#48C9BA #7948C9 #C94857 #97C948

square

#48C9BA #7948C9 #C94857 #97C948

split-complementary

#48C9BA #C94897 #C97948

monochromatic

#22746B #30A496 #48C9BA #77D7CC #A7E5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#48C9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#48C9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C9BA

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C9BA	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BEBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 201, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.114 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adace',
    500: '#48c9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c9ba;
$custom-light: #8adace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.023,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76167,
    "c": 0.11393,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C9BA

secondary

#D29BA1

accent

#4A5BDE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C9BA

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

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