#48CBC4#48CBC4

#48CBC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.113 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBC4
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 196)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(177, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 3.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -36.79, -7.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 37.45, 190.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.1113 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.113 190)
XYZ	xyz(33.9877, 48.0713, 59.7013)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBC4 #CB484F

analogous

#48CB83 #48CBC4 #4891CB

triadic

#48CBC4 #C448CB #CBC448

tetradic

#48CBC4 #8348CB #CB484F #91CB48

square

#48CBC4 #8348CB #CB484F #91CB48

split-complementary

#48CBC4 #CB4891 #CB8348

monochromatic

#227772 #2FA6A0 #48CBC4 #78D9D3 #A7E6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#48CBC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#48CBC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBC4

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBC4	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C1C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB2C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.113 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdbd5',
    500: '#48cbc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbc4;
$custom-light: #8bdbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.794,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76972,
    "c": 0.11298,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.48075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBC4

secondary

#D39B9E

accent

#4951DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBC4

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

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