#48BAAD#48BAAD

#48BAAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.104 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BAAD
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 173)
HSL	hsl(173, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 0%, 7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -35.11, -2.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 35.24, 184.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.1037 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.104 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7708, 39.5097, 45.6897)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BAAD #BA4855

analogous

#48BA74 #48BAAD #488EBA

triadic

#48BAAD #AD48BA #BAAD48

tetradic

#48BAAD #7448BA #BA4855 #8EBA48

square

#48BAAD #7448BA #BA4855 #8EBA48

split-complementary

#48BAAD #BA488E #BA7448

monochromatic

#25625B #368F85 #48BAAD #74CBC1 #A1DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#48BAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#48BAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BAAD

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BAAD	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B0AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48baad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.104 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cfc5',
    500: '#48baad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48baad;
$custom-light: #88cfc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48baad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.158,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72089,
    "c": 0.10409,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BAAD

secondary

#C8969B

accent

#5362D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BAAD

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

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