#48AFBF#48AFBF

#48AFBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.097 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFBF
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 191)
HSL	hsl(188, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -24.71, -17.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 30.01, 214.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.0842 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.097 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4025, 35.7964, 54.7454)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFBF #BF5848

analogous

#48BF94 #48AFBF #4874BF

triadic

#48AFBF #BF48AF #AFBF48

tetradic

#48AFBF #9448BF #BF5848 #74BF48

square

#48AFBF #9448BF #BF5848 #74BF48

split-complementary

#48AFBF #BF4874 #BF9448

monochromatic

#245F68 #348896 #48AFBF #75C3CF #A3D7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#48AFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#48AFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFBF

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFBF	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9CBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.097 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c7d2',
    500: '#48afbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afbf;
$custom-light: #88c7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.067,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70045,
    "c": 0.09657,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFBF

secondary

#CC9E97

accent

#6250D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFBF

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

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