#48CCB9#48CCB9

#48CCB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.117 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCB9
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 185)
HSL	hsl(171, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(171, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 9.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -40.17, -1.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 40.19, 181.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.1172 -0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.117 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0182, 48.0626, 53.4264)
Luminance	0.4807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCB9 #CC485B

analogous

#48CC77 #48CCB9 #489DCC

triadic

#48CCB9 #B948CC #CCB948

tetradic

#48CCB9 #7748CC #CC485B #9DCC48

square

#48CCB9 #7748CC #CC485B #9DCC48

split-complementary

#48CCB9 #CC489D #CC7748

monochromatic

#21786C #2FA897 #48CCB9 #78D9CB #A8E7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#48CCB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#48CCB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCB9

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCB9	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C1B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ccb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.117 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdcce',
    500: '#48ccb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ccb9;
$custom-light: #8bdcce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ccb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.364,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76867,
    "c": 0.11721,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCB9

secondary

#D49CA4

accent

#485EE0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCB9

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

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