#48CBC6#48CBC6

#48CBC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.113 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBC6
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 198)
HSL	hsl(178, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 2.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, -36.24, -8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 37.12, 192.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.1104 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.113 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2169, 48.1630, 60.9082)
Luminance	0.4817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBC6 #CB484D

analogous

#48CB85 #48CBC6 #488FCB

triadic

#48CBC6 #C648CB #CBC648

tetradic

#48CBC6 #8548CB #CB484D #8FCB48

square

#48CBC6 #8548CB #CB484D #8FCB48

split-complementary

#48CBC6 #CB488F #CB8548

monochromatic

#227774 #2FA6A2 #48CBC6 #78D9D5 #A7E6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#48CBC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#48CBC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBC6

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBC6	1.00	1.97	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC1C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB2C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.113 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdbd7',
    500: '#48cbc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbc6;
$custom-light: #8bdbd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.71,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77038,
    "c": 0.11263,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBC6

secondary

#D39B9E

accent

#494EDF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBC6

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

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