#48CBC1#48CBC1

#48CBC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.114 H 187.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBC1
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 193)
HSL	hsl(175, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(175, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 4.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -37.60, -5.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 38.00, 188.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.1126 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.114 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6497, 47.9361, 57.9209)
Luminance	0.4794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBC1 #CB4852

analogous

#48CB80 #48CBC1 #4894CB

triadic

#48CBC1 #C148CB #CBC148

tetradic

#48CBC1 #8048CB #CB4852 #94CB48

square

#48CBC1 #8048CB #CB4852 #94CB48

split-complementary

#48CBC1 #CB4894 #CB8048

monochromatic

#227770 #2FA69D #48CBC1 #78D9D1 #A7E6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#48CBC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#48CBC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBC1

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBC1	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C0C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB2C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.114 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdbd3',
    500: '#48cbc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbc1;
$custom-light: #8bdbd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.42,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76875,
    "c": 0.11364,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBC1

secondary

#D39BA0

accent

#4954DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBC1

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

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