#48CCBB#48CCBB

#48CCBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.116 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCBB
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 187)
HSL	hsl(172, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(172, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 8.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -39.65, -2.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 39.70, 183.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.1163 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.116 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2308, 48.1476, 54.5462)
Luminance	0.4815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCBB #CC4859

analogous

#48CC79 #48CCBB #489BCC

triadic

#48CCBB #BB48CC #CCBB48

tetradic

#48CCBB #7948CC #CC4859 #9BCC48

square

#48CCBB #7948CC #CC4859 #9BCC48

split-complementary

#48CCBB #CC489B #CC7948

monochromatic

#21786D #2FA898 #48CCBB #78D9CD #A8E7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#48CCBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#48CCBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCBB

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCBB	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C1BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ccbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.116 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdccf',
    500: '#48ccbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ccbb;
$custom-light: #8bdccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ccbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.273,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76928,
    "c": 0.11643,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCBB

secondary

#D49CA3

accent

#485CE0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCBB

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

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