#48C9BE#48C9BE

#48C9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.113 H 187.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C9BE
RGB	rgb(72, 201, 190)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(175, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, -37.49, -4.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 37.81, 187.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.1118 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.113 187.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8491, 46.8651, 56.0199)
Luminance	0.4687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C9BE #C94853

analogous

#48C97D #48C9BE #4893C9

triadic

#48C9BE #BE48C9 #C9BE48

tetradic

#48C9BE #7D48C9 #C94853 #93C948

square

#48C9BE #7D48C9 #C94853 #93C948

split-complementary

#48C9BE #C94893 #C97D48

monochromatic

#22746D #30A49A #48C9BE #77D7CF #A7E5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#48C9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#48C9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C9BE

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C9BE	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB0BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 201, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.113 187.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adad1',
    500: '#48c9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c9be;
$custom-light: #8adad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.884,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76293,
    "c": 0.11271,
    "h": 187.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C9BE

secondary

#D29B9F

accent

#4A57DE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C9BE

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

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