#48BAAF#48BAAF

#48BAAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.103 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BAAF
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 175)
HSL	hsl(174, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 0%, 5.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -34.58, -3.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 34.81, 186.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.1028 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.103 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9658, 39.5877, 46.7165)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BAAF #BA4853

analogous

#48BA76 #48BAAF #488CBA

triadic

#48BAAF #AF48BA #BAAF48

tetradic

#48BAAF #7648BA #BA4853 #8CBA48

square

#48BAAF #7648BA #BA4853 #8CBA48

split-complementary

#48BAAF #BA488C #BA7648

monochromatic

#25625D #368F86 #48BAAF #74CBC2 #A1DCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#48BAAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#48BAAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BAAF

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BAAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BAAF	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B0AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48baaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.103 186.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48baaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.211,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72153,
    "c": 0.10345,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BAAF

secondary

#C8969A

accent

#535FD5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BAAF

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

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