#48CCBA#48CCBA

#48CCBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.117 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCBA
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 186)
HSL	hsl(172, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(172, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 8.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -39.91, -1.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 39.94, 182.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.1167 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.117 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1241, 48.1050, 53.9843)
Luminance	0.4811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCBA #CC485A

analogous

#48CC78 #48CCBA #489CCC

triadic

#48CCBA #BA48CC #CCBA48

tetradic

#48CCBA #7848CC #CC485A #9CCC48

square

#48CCBA #7848CC #CC485A #9CCC48

split-complementary

#48CCBA #CC489C #CC7848

monochromatic

#21786C #2FA897 #48CCBA #78D9CC #A8E7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#48CCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#48CCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCBA

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCBA	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C1B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ccba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.117 182.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ccba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.818,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76897,
    "c": 0.11681,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCBA

secondary

#D49CA3

accent

#485DE0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCBA

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

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