#48CEB9#48CEB9

#48CEB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.119 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CEB9
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 185)
HSL	hsl(171, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(171, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 10.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, -41.06, -0.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 41.06, 180.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.1192 -0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.119 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4966, 49.0194, 53.5859)
Luminance	0.4902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CEB9 #CE485D

analogous

#48CE76 #48CEB9 #48A0CE

triadic

#48CEB9 #B948CE #CEB948

tetradic

#48CEB9 #7648CE #CE485D #A0CE48

square

#48CEB9 #7648CE #CE485D #A0CE48

split-complementary

#48CEB9 #CE48A0 #CE7648

monochromatic

#217B6D #2EAB97 #48CEB9 #78DBCB #A9E8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#48CEB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#48CEB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CEB9

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CEB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CEB9	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	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)

#C5C2B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ceb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.119 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bddce',
    500: '#48ceb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ceb9;
$custom-light: #8bddce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ceb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.597,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77354,
    "c": 0.11922,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CEB9

secondary

#D59DA5

accent

#475FE1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CEB9

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

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