#48CEBF#48CEBF

#48CEBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.117 H 184.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CEBF
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 191)
HSL	hsl(173, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(173, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 7.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, -39.50, -3.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 39.63, 184.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.1165 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.117 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1434, 49.2781, 56.9923)
Luminance	0.4928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CEBF #CE4857

analogous

#48CE7C #48CEBF #489ACE

triadic

#48CEBF #BF48CE #CEBF48

tetradic

#48CEBF #7C48CE #CE4857 #9ACE48

square

#48CEBF #7C48CE #CE4857 #9ACE48

split-complementary

#48CEBF #CE489A #CE7C48

monochromatic

#217B71 #2EAB9D #48CEBF #78DBD0 #A9E8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#48CEBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#48CEBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CEBF

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CEBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CEBF	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B4C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.117 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bddd2',
    500: '#48cebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cebf;
$custom-light: #8bddd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.284,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77538,
    "c": 0.1169,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CEBF

secondary

#D59DA3

accent

#4758E1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CEBF

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

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