#48CEBB#48CEBB

#48CEBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.118 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CEBB
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 187)
HSL	hsl(171, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(171, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 9.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, -40.55, -1.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 40.56, 181.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.1183 -0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.118 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7092, 49.1045, 54.7056)
Luminance	0.4911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CEBB #CE485B

analogous

#48CE78 #48CEBB #489ECE

triadic

#48CEBB #BB48CE #CEBB48

tetradic

#48CEBB #7848CE #CE485B #9ECE48

square

#48CEBB #7848CE #CE485B #9ECE48

split-complementary

#48CEBB #CE489E #CE7848

monochromatic

#217B6E #2EAB99 #48CEBB #78DBCD #A9E8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#48CEBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#48CEBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CEBB

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CEBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CEBB	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C2BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.118 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bddcf',
    500: '#48cebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cebb;
$custom-light: #8bddcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.493,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77415,
    "c": 0.11837,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CEBB

secondary

#D59DA5

accent

#475DE1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CEBB

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

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