#48CBBA#48CBBA

#48CBBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.116 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBBA
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 186)
HSL	hsl(172, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(172, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 8.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -39.46, -2.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 39.51, 182.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.1157 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.116 183)
XYZ	xyz(32.8872, 47.6312, 53.9054)
Luminance	0.4763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBBA #CB4859

analogous

#48CB79 #48CBBA #489BCB

triadic

#48CBBA #BA48CB #CBBA48

tetradic

#48CBBA #7948CB #CB4859 #9BCB48

square

#48CBBA #7948CB #CB4859 #9BCB48

split-complementary

#48CBBA #CB489B #CB7948

monochromatic

#22776C #2FA697 #48CBBA #78D9CC #A7E6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#48CBBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#48CBBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBBA

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBBA	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C0B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.116 183.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.214,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76654,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.47635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBBA

secondary

#D39BA3

accent

#495CDF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBBA

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

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