#48CCB3#48CCB3

#48CCB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.120 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCB3
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 179)
HSL	hsl(169, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(169, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 12.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -41.71, 1.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 41.75, 177.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.1199 0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.12 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3981, 47.8146, 50.1608)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCB3 #CC4861

analogous

#48CC71 #48CCB3 #48A3CC

triadic

#48CCB3 #B348CC #CCB348

tetradic

#48CCB3 #7148CC #CC4861 #A3CC48

square

#48CCB3 #7148CC #CC4861 #A3CC48

split-complementary

#48CCB3 #CC48A3 #CC7148

monochromatic

#217868 #2FA891 #48CCB3 #78D9C7 #A8E7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#48CCB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#48CCB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCB3

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCB3	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C0B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B2B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ccb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.120 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adcc9',
    500: '#48ccb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ccb3;
$custom-light: #8adcc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ccb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.636,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76687,
    "c": 0.11995,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCB3

secondary

#D49CA6

accent

#4865E0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCB3

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

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