#48CBC2#48CBC2

#48CBC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.113 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBC2
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 194)
HSL	hsl(176, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(176, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 4.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -37.33, -6.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 37.81, 189.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.1121 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.113 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7616, 47.9809, 58.5104)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBC2 #CB4851

analogous

#48CB81 #48CBC2 #4893CB

triadic

#48CBC2 #C248CB #CBC248

tetradic

#48CBC2 #8148CB #CB4851 #93CB48

square

#48CBC2 #8148CB #CB4851 #93CB48

split-complementary

#48CBC2 #CB4893 #CB8148

monochromatic

#227771 #2FA69E #48CBC2 #78D9D2 #A7E6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#48CBC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#48CBC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBC2

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBC2	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C1C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB2C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.113 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdbd4',
    500: '#48cbc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbc2;
$custom-light: #8bdbd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.878,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76907,
    "c": 0.1134,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBC2

secondary

#D39B9F

accent

#4953DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBC2

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

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