#48CCB6#48CCB6

#48CCB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.119 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCB6
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 182)
HSL	hsl(170, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(170, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 10.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -40.95, 0.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 40.95, 179.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.1185 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.119 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7048, 47.9373, 51.7761)
Luminance	0.4794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCB6 #CC485E

analogous

#48CC74 #48CCB6 #48A0CC

triadic

#48CCB6 #B648CC #CCB648

tetradic

#48CCB6 #7448CC #CC485E #A0CC48

square

#48CCB6 #7448CC #CC485E #A0CC48

split-complementary

#48CCB6 #CC48A0 #CC7448

monochromatic

#21786A #2FA894 #48CCB6 #78D9C9 #A8E7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#48CCB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#48CCB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCB6

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCB6	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C0B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B2B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ccb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.119 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adccb',
    500: '#48ccb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ccb6;
$custom-light: #8adccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ccb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76776,
    "c": 0.11851,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCB6

secondary

#D49CA5

accent

#4861E0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCB6

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →