#48CBAB#48CBAB

#48CBAB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.123 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBAB
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 171)
HSL	hsl(165, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(165, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 15.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, -43.26, 5.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 43.61, 172.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% -0.1225 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.123 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3755, 47.0265, 45.9437)
Luminance	0.4703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBAB #CB4868

analogous

#48CB6A #48CBAB #48A9CB

triadic

#48CBAB #AB48CB #CBAB48

tetradic

#48CBAB #6A48CB #CB4868 #A9CB48

square

#48CBAB #6A48CB #CB4868 #A9CB48

split-complementary

#48CBAB #CB48A9 #CB6A48

monochromatic

#227762 #2FA689 #48CBAB #78D9C1 #A7E6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#48CBAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#48CBAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBAB

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBAB	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BEAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B1AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.123 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adbc4',
    500: '#48cbab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbab;
$custom-light: #8adbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.344,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76213,
    "c": 0.12328,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBAB

secondary

#D39BA9

accent

#496DDF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBAB

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

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