#48CBBC#48CBBC

#48CBBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.115 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBBC
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 188)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(173, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 7.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, -38.93, -3.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 39.05, 184.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.1148 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.115 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1013, 47.7168, 55.0330)
Luminance	0.4772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBBC #CB4857

analogous

#48CB7B #48CBBC #4899CB

triadic

#48CBBC #BC48CB #CBBC48

tetradic

#48CBBC #7B48CB #CB4857 #99CB48

square

#48CBBC #7B48CB #CB4857 #99CB48

split-complementary

#48CBBC #CB4899 #CB7B48

monochromatic

#22776D #2FA699 #48CBBC #78D9CD #A7E6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#48CBBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#48CBBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBBC

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBBC	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.115 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdbd0',
    500: '#48cbbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbbc;
$custom-light: #8bdbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.13,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76716,
    "c": 0.11513,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBBC

secondary

#D39BA2

accent

#495ADF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBBC

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

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