#48BA9B#48BA9B

#48BA9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.113 H 172.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BA9B
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 155)
HSL	hsl(164, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(164, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 0%, 16.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -39.69, 6.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 40.18, 171.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.112 0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.113 172)
XYZ	xyz(26.1449, 38.8594, 37.1268)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BA9B #BA4867

analogous

#48BA62 #48BA9B #48A0BA

triadic

#48BA9B #9B48BA #BA9B48

tetradic

#48BA9B #6248BA #BA4867 #A0BA48

square

#48BA9B #6248BA #BA4867 #A0BA48

split-complementary

#48BA9B #BA48A0 #BA6248

monochromatic

#256252 #368F77 #48BA9B #74CBB3 #A1DCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#48BA9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#48BA9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BA9B

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BA9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BA9B	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AF9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A39D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ba9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.113 172.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cfb8',
    500: '#48ba9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ba9b;
$custom-light: #87cfb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ba9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.684,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71551,
    "c": 0.1131,
    "h": 172
  },
  "luminance": 0.38862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BA9B

secondary

#C896A3

accent

#5376D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BA9B

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

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