#48CBB8#48CBB8

#48CBB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.117 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBB8
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 184)
HSL	hsl(171, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(171, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 9.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -39.98, -1.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 40.00, 181.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.1166 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.117 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6761, 47.5467, 52.7935)
Luminance	0.4755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBB8 #CB485B

analogous

#48CB77 #48CBB8 #489DCB

triadic

#48CBB8 #B848CB #CBB848

tetradic

#48CBB8 #7748CB #CB485B #9DCB48

square

#48CBB8 #7748CB #CB485B #9DCB48

split-complementary

#48CBB8 #CB489D #CB7748

monochromatic

#22776A #2FA695 #48CBB8 #78D9CA #A7E6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#48CBB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#48CBB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBB8

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBB8	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C0B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.117 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adbcd',
    500: '#48cbb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbb8;
$custom-light: #8adbcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.298,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76592,
    "c": 0.11663,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBB8

secondary

#D39BA4

accent

#495FDF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBB8

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

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