#48CBBF#48CBBF

#48CBBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.114 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBBF
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 191)
HSL	hsl(175, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(175, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 5.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -38.14, -4.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 38.40, 186.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.1135 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.114 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4281, 47.8475, 56.7539)
Luminance	0.4785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBBF #CB4854

analogous

#48CB7E #48CBBF #4896CB

triadic

#48CBBF #BF48CB #CBBF48

tetradic

#48CBBF #7E48CB #CB4854 #96CB48

square

#48CBBF #7E48CB #CB4854 #96CB48

split-complementary

#48CBBF #CB4896 #CB7E48

monochromatic

#22776F #2FA69C #48CBBF #78D9D0 #A7E6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#48CBBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#48CBBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBBF

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBBF	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB2C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.114 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdbd2',
    500: '#48cbbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbbf;
$custom-light: #8bdbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.504,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7681,
    "c": 0.11419,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBBF

secondary

#D39BA1

accent

#4957DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBBF

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

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