#48C9BD#48C9BD

#48C9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.113 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C9BD
RGB	rgb(72, 201, 189)
HSL	hsl(174, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 0%, 6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, -37.76, -4.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 38.02, 186.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.1123 -0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.113 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7402, 46.8215, 55.4462)
Luminance	0.4682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C9BD #C94854

analogous

#48C97C #48C9BD #4894C9

triadic

#48C9BD #BD48C9 #C9BD48

tetradic

#48C9BD #7C48C9 #C94854 #94C948

square

#48C9BD #7C48C9 #C94854 #94C948

split-complementary

#48C9BD #C94894 #C97C48

monochromatic

#22746D #30A499 #48C9BD #77D7CE #A7E5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#48C9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#48C9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C9BD

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C9BD	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 201, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.113 186.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adad0',
    500: '#48c9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c9bd;
$custom-light: #8adad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.419,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76261,
    "c": 0.11299,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C9BD

secondary

#D29BA0

accent

#4A58DE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C9BD

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

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