#48CABC#48CABC

#48CABC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.114 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CABC
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 188)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 6.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -38.48, -3.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 38.64, 185.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% -0.1138 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.114 185)
XYZ	xyz(32.8659, 47.2460, 54.9545)
Luminance	0.4725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CABC #CA4856

analogous

#48CA7B #48CABC #4897CA

triadic

#48CABC #BC48CA #CABC48

tetradic

#48CABC #7B48CA #CA4856 #97CA48

square

#48CABC #7B48CA #CA4856 #97CA48

split-complementary

#48CABC #CA4897 #CA7B48

monochromatic

#22766D #30A598 #48CABC #77D8CD #A7E5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#48CABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#48CABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CABC

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CABC	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.114 185.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.538,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76473,
    "c": 0.1142,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.4725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CABC

secondary

#D39BA1

accent

#4959DE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CABC

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

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