#48CBB2#48CBB2

#48CBB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.119 H 177.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBB2
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 178)
HSL	hsl(169, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(169, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 12.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, -41.52, 1.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 41.57, 177.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.1193 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.119 177.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0605, 47.3004, 49.5511)
Luminance	0.4730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBB2 #CB4861

analogous

#48CB71 #48CBB2 #48A3CB

triadic

#48CBB2 #B248CB #CBB248

tetradic

#48CBB2 #7148CB #CB4861 #A3CB48

square

#48CBB2 #7148CB #CB4861 #A3CB48

split-complementary

#48CBB2 #CB48A3 #CB7148

monochromatic

#227767 #2FA690 #48CBB2 #78D9C6 #A7E6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#48CBB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#48CBB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBB2

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBB2	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)

#C3BFB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B1B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.119 177.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adbc9',
    500: '#48cbb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbb2;
$custom-light: #8adbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.55,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76413,
    "c": 0.11938,
    "h": 177.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBB2

secondary

#D39BA6

accent

#4965DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBB2

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

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