#48CCB4#48CCB4

#48CCB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.119 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCB4
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 180)
HSL	hsl(169, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(169, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 11.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -41.46, 1.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 41.48, 178.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.1194 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.119 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4996, 47.8552, 50.6954)
Luminance	0.4786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCB4 #CC4860

analogous

#48CC72 #48CCB4 #48A2CC

triadic

#48CCB4 #B448CC #CCB448

tetradic

#48CCB4 #7248CC #CC4860 #A2CC48

square

#48CCB4 #7248CC #CC4860 #A2CC48

split-complementary

#48CCB4 #CC48A2 #CC7248

monochromatic

#217868 #2FA892 #48CCB4 #78D9C8 #A8E7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#48CCB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#48CCB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCB4

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCB4	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C0B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B2B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ccb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.119 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adcca',
    500: '#48ccb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ccb4;
$custom-light: #8adcca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ccb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76717,
    "c": 0.11945,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCB4

secondary

#D49CA6

accent

#4864E0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCB4

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

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