#48BAAA#48BAAA

#48BAAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.105 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BAAA
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 170)
HSL	hsl(172, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 0%, 8.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -35.90, -1.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 35.93, 182.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.1051 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.105 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4838, 39.3949, 44.1780)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BAAA #BA4858

analogous

#48BA71 #48BAAA #4891BA

triadic

#48BAAA #AA48BA #BAAA48

tetradic

#48BAAA #7148BA #BA4858 #91BA48

square

#48BAAA #7148BA #BA4858 #91BA48

split-complementary

#48BAAA #BA4891 #BA7148

monochromatic

#25625A #368F82 #48BAAA #74CBBF #A1DCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#48BAAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#48BAAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BAAA

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BAAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BAAA	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B0A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A3AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48baaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.105 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cfc3',
    500: '#48baaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48baaa;
$custom-light: #87cfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48baaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.579,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71995,
    "c": 0.10518,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BAAA

secondary

#C8969D

accent

#5365D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BAAA

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

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