#48BAAE#48BAAE

#48BAAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.104 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BAAE
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 174)
HSL	hsl(174, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -34.84, -3.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 35.02, 185.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.1033 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.104 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8679, 39.5486, 46.2012)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BAAE #BA4854

analogous

#48BA75 #48BAAE #488DBA

triadic

#48BAAE #AE48BA #BAAE48

tetradic

#48BAAE #7548BA #BA4854 #8DBA48

square

#48BAAE #7548BA #BA4854 #8DBA48

split-complementary

#48BAAE #BA488D #BA7548

monochromatic

#25625C #368F86 #48BAAE #74CBC2 #A1DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#48BAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#48BAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BAAE

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BAAE	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B0AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48baae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.104 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cfc6',
    500: '#48baae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48baae;
$custom-light: #88cfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48baae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.684,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72121,
    "c": 0.10376,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BAAE

secondary

#C8969B

accent

#5361D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BAAE

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

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