#48CCBD#48CCBD

#48CCBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.116 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCBD
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 189)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(173, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 7.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, -39.12, -3.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 39.24, 184.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.1154 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.116 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4464, 48.2339, 55.6816)
Luminance	0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCBD #CC4857

analogous

#48CC7B #48CCBD #4899CC

triadic

#48CCBD #BD48CC #CCBD48

tetradic

#48CCBD #7B48CC #CC4857 #99CC48

square

#48CCBD #7B48CC #CC4857 #99CC48

split-complementary

#48CCBD #CC4899 #CC7B48

monochromatic

#21786E #2FA89A #48CCBD #78D9CE #A8E7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#48CCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#48CCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCBD

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCBD	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ccbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.116 184.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ccbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.182,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7699,
    "c": 0.11572,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCBD

secondary

#D49CA2

accent

#4859E0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCBD

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

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