#48CEB8#48CEB8

#48CEB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.120 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CEB8
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 184)
HSL	hsl(170, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(170, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 10.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, -41.32, 0.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 41.32, 179.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.1197 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.12 180)
XYZ	xyz(33.3914, 48.9773, 53.0319)
Luminance	0.4898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CEB8 #CE485E

analogous

#48CE75 #48CEB8 #48A1CE

triadic

#48CEB8 #B848CE #CEB848

tetradic

#48CEB8 #7548CE #CE485E #A1CE48

square

#48CEB8 #7548CE #CE485E #A1CE48

split-complementary

#48CEB8 #CE48A1 #CE7548

monochromatic

#217B6C #2EAB96 #48CEB8 #78DBCB #A9E8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#48CEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#48CEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CEB8

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CEB8	1.00	1.95	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C2B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B4BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ceb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.120 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bddcd',
    500: '#48ceb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ceb8;
$custom-light: #8bddcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ceb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.149,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77324,
    "c": 0.11966,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.48981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CEB8

secondary

#D59DA6

accent

#4760E1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CEB8

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

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