#48CCBC#48CCBC

#48CCBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.116 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCBC
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 188)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(173, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 7.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -39.39, -2.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 39.47, 183.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.1158 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.116 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3382, 48.1906, 55.1119)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCBC #CC4858

analogous

#48CC7A #48CCBC #489ACC

triadic

#48CCBC #BC48CC #CCBC48

tetradic

#48CCBC #7A48CC #CC4858 #9ACC48

square

#48CCBC #7A48CC #CC4858 #9ACC48

split-complementary

#48CCBC #CC489A #CC7A48

monochromatic

#21786E #2FA899 #48CCBC #78D9CE #A8E7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#48CCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#48CCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCBC

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCBC	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C1BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ccbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.116 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdcd0',
    500: '#48ccbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ccbc;
$custom-light: #8bdcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ccbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.727,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76959,
    "c": 0.11607,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCBC

secondary

#D49CA3

accent

#485AE0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCBC

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

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