#48CBC0#48CBC0

#48CBC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.114 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBC0
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 192)
HSL	hsl(175, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(175, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 5.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, -37.87, -5.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 38.20, 187.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.113 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.114 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5385, 47.8917, 57.3354)
Luminance	0.4789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBC0 #CB4853

analogous

#48CB7F #48CBC0 #4895CB

triadic

#48CBC0 #C048CB #CBC048

tetradic

#48CBC0 #7F48CB #CB4853 #95CB48

square

#48CBC0 #7F48CB #CB4853 #95CB48

split-complementary

#48CBC0 #CB4895 #CB7F48

monochromatic

#227770 #2FA69C #48CBC0 #78D9D0 #A7E6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#48CBC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#48CBC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBC0

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBC0	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB2C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.114 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdbd3',
    500: '#48cbc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbc0;
$custom-light: #8bdbd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.962,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76842,
    "c": 0.1139,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBC0

secondary

#D39BA0

accent

#4955DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBC0

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

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