#48CABE#48CABE

#48CABE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.114 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CABE
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 190)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 5.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -37.95, -4.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 38.21, 186.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% -0.1129 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.114 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0830, 47.3328, 56.0978)
Luminance	0.4734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CABE #CA4854

analogous

#48CA7D #48CABE #4895CA

triadic

#48CABE #BE48CA #CABE48

tetradic

#48CABE #7D48CA #CA4854 #95CA48

square

#48CABE #7D48CA #CA4854 #95CA48

split-complementary

#48CABE #CA4895 #CA7D48

monochromatic

#22766E #30A59A #48CABE #77D8CF #A7E5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#48CABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#48CABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CABE

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CABE	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB1BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cabe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.114 186.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdad1',
    500: '#48cabe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cabe;
$custom-light: #8bdad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cabe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.462,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76536,
    "c": 0.11358,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CABE

secondary

#D39BA0

accent

#4957DE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CABE

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

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