#48CBBD#48CBBD

#48CBBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.115 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBBD
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 189)
HSL	hsl(174, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 6.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, -38.67, -3.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 38.83, 185.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.1143 -0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.115 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2095, 47.7601, 55.6027)
Luminance	0.4776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBBD #CB4856

analogous

#48CB7C #48CBBD #4898CB

triadic

#48CBBD #BD48CB #CBBD48

tetradic

#48CBBD #7C48CB #CB4856 #98CB48

square

#48CBBD #7C48CB #CB4856 #98CB48

split-complementary

#48CBBD #CB4898 #CB7C48

monochromatic

#22776E #2FA69A #48CBBD #78D9CE #A7E6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#48CBBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#48CBBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBBD

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBBD	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.115 185.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.588,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76747,
    "c": 0.11479,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBBD

secondary

#D39BA1

accent

#4959DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBBD

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

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