#48CCB8#48CCB8

#48CCB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.118 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCB8
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 184)
HSL	hsl(171, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(171, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 9.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -40.43, -0.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 40.43, 180.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.1176 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.118 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9130, 48.0205, 52.8724)
Luminance	0.4802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCB8 #CC485C

analogous

#48CC76 #48CCB8 #489ECC

triadic

#48CCB8 #B848CC #CCB848

tetradic

#48CCB8 #7648CC #CC485C #9ECC48

square

#48CCB8 #7648CC #CC485C #9ECC48

split-complementary

#48CCB8 #CC489E #CC7648

monochromatic

#21786B #2FA896 #48CCB8 #78D9CB #A8E7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#48CCB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#48CCB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCB8

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCB8	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C0B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B2BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ccb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.118 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adccd',
    500: '#48ccb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ccb8;
$custom-light: #8adccd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ccb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.909,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76836,
    "c": 0.11763,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCB8

secondary

#D49CA4

accent

#485FE0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCB8

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

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