#48CBC3#48CBC3

#48CBC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.113 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBC3
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 195)
HSL	hsl(176, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(176, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 3.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -37.06, -6.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 37.63, 189.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.1117 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.113 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8743, 48.0260, 59.1039)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBC3 #CB4850

analogous

#48CB82 #48CBC3 #4892CB

triadic

#48CBC3 #C348CB #CBC348

tetradic

#48CBC3 #8248CB #CB4850 #92CB48

square

#48CBC3 #8248CB #CB4850 #92CB48

split-complementary

#48CBC3 #CB4892 #CB8248

monochromatic

#227772 #2FA69F #48CBC3 #78D9D3 #A7E6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#48CBC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#48CBC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBC3

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBC3	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C1C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB2C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.113 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdbd5',
    500: '#48cbc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbc3;
$custom-light: #8bdbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.336,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76939,
    "c": 0.11318,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBC3

secondary

#D39B9F

accent

#4952DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBC3

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

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