#48CEBC#48CEBC

#48CEBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.118 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CEBC
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 188)
HSL	hsl(172, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(172, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 8.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, -40.28, -1.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 40.32, 182.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.1179 -0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.118 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8166, 49.1474, 55.2714)
Luminance	0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CEBC #CE485A

analogous

#48CE79 #48CEBC #489DCE

triadic

#48CEBC #BC48CE #CEBC48

tetradic

#48CEBC #7948CE #CE485A #9DCE48

square

#48CEBC #7948CE #CE485A #9DCE48

split-complementary

#48CEBC #CE489D #CE7948

monochromatic

#217B6F #2EAB9A #48CEBC #78DBCE #A9E8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#48CEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#48CEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CEBC

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CEBC	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.118 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bddd0',
    500: '#48cebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cebc;
$custom-light: #8bddd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.94,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77445,
    "c": 0.11798,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CEBC

secondary

#D59DA4

accent

#475CE1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CEBC

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

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