#48CCBE#48CCBE

#48CCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.115 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCBE
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 190)
HSL	hsl(174, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 6.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -38.86, -3.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 39.02, 185.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.1149 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.115 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5553, 48.2775, 56.2553)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCBE #CC4856

analogous

#48CC7C #48CCBE #4898CC

triadic

#48CCBE #BE48CC #CCBE48

tetradic

#48CCBE #7C48CC #CC4856 #98CC48

square

#48CCBE #7C48CC #CC4856 #98CC48

split-complementary

#48CCBE #CC4898 #CC7C48

monochromatic

#21786F #2FA89B #48CCBE #78D9CF #A8E7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#48CCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#48CCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCBE

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCBE	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB3C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ccbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.115 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdcd1',
    500: '#48ccbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ccbe;
$custom-light: #8bdcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ccbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.636,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77021,
    "c": 0.11539,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCBE

secondary

#D49CA2

accent

#4858E0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCBE

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

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