#48CBC9#48CBC9

#48CBC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.112 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBC9
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 201)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -35.41, -9.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 36.67, 195.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.1091 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.112 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5663, 48.3028, 62.7487)
Luminance	0.4831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBC9 #CB484A

analogous

#48CB88 #48CBC9 #488CCB

triadic

#48CBC9 #C948CB #CBC948

tetradic

#48CBC9 #8848CB #CB484A #8CCB48

square

#48CBC9 #8848CB #CB484A #8CCB48

split-complementary

#48CBC9 #CB488C #CB8848

monochromatic

#227776 #2FA6A5 #48CBC9 #78D9D7 #A7E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#48CBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#48CBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBC9

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBC9	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.112 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdbd9',
    500: '#48cbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbc9;
$custom-light: #8cdbd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.084,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77138,
    "c": 0.11225,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBC9

secondary

#D39B9C

accent

#494BDF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBC9

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

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