#48CABD#48CABD

#48CABD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.114 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CABD
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 189)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 6.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -38.22, -3.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 38.42, 185.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.1133 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.114 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9741, 47.2893, 55.5242)
Luminance	0.4729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CABD #CA4855

analogous

#48CA7C #48CABD #4896CA

triadic

#48CABD #BD48CA #CABD48

tetradic

#48CABD #7C48CA #CA4855 #96CA48

square

#48CABD #7C48CA #CA4855 #96CA48

split-complementary

#48CABD #CA4896 #CA7C48

monochromatic

#22766D #30A599 #48CABD #77D8CE #A7E5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#48CABD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#48CABD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CABD

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CABD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CABD	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cabd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.114 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdad0',
    500: '#48cabd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cabd;
$custom-light: #8bdad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cabd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76504,
    "c": 0.11388,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CABD

secondary

#D39BA1

accent

#4958DE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CABD

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

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