#48CBB9#48CBB9

#48CBB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.116 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBB9
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 185)
HSL	hsl(172, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(172, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 8.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -39.72, -1.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 39.75, 182.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.1161 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.116 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7813, 47.5888, 53.3475)
Luminance	0.4759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBB9 #CB485A

analogous

#48CB78 #48CBB9 #489CCB

triadic

#48CBB9 #B948CB #CBB948

tetradic

#48CBB9 #7848CB #CB485A #9CCB48

square

#48CBB9 #7848CB #CB485A #9CCB48

split-complementary

#48CBB9 #CB489C #CB7848

monochromatic

#22776B #2FA696 #48CBB9 #78D9CB #A7E6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#48CBB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#48CBB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBB9

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBB9	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C0B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.116 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adbce',
    500: '#48cbb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbb9;
$custom-light: #8adbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.756,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76623,
    "c": 0.11623,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBB9

secondary

#D39BA3

accent

#495DDF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBB9

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

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