#48BAAB#48BAAB

#48BAAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.105 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BAAB
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 171)
HSL	hsl(172, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 0%, 8.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -35.64, -1.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 35.69, 183.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.1046 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.105 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5787, 39.4329, 44.6781)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BAAB #BA4857

analogous

#48BA72 #48BAAB #4890BA

triadic

#48BAAB #AB48BA #BAAB48

tetradic

#48BAAB #7248BA #BA4857 #90BA48

square

#48BAAB #7248BA #BA4857 #90BA48

split-complementary

#48BAAB #BA4890 #BA7248

monochromatic

#25625A #368F83 #48BAAB #74CBBF #A1DCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#48BAAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#48BAAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BAAB

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BAAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BAAB	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B0AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48baab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.105 183.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48baab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.105,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72026,
    "c": 0.10479,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BAAB

secondary

#C8969C

accent

#5364D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BAAB

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

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