#48CBB6#48CBB6

#48CBB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.117 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBB6
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 182)
HSL	hsl(170, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(170, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 10.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, -40.50, -0.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 40.50, 180.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% -0.1175 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.117 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4679, 47.4634, 51.6971)
Luminance	0.4747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBB6 #CB485D

analogous

#48CB75 #48CBB6 #489FCB

triadic

#48CBB6 #B648CB #CBB648

tetradic

#48CBB6 #7548CB #CB485D #9FCB48

square

#48CBB6 #7548CB #CB485D #9FCB48

split-complementary

#48CBB6 #CB489F #CB7548

monochromatic

#227769 #2FA693 #48CBB6 #78D9C9 #A7E6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#48CBB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#48CBB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBB6

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBB6	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BFB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB1B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.117 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adbcb',
    500: '#48cbb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbb6;
$custom-light: #8adbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.382,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76532,
    "c": 0.11748,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBB6

secondary

#D39BA4

accent

#4961DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBB6

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

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