#48BBA2#48BBA2

#48BBA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.110 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBA2
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 162)
HSL	hsl(167, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(167, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 13.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -38.41, 3.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 38.53, 175.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.1098 0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.11 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9613, 39.5242, 40.3835)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBA2 #BB4861

analogous

#48BB68 #48BBA2 #489ABB

triadic

#48BBA2 #A248BB #BBA248

tetradic

#48BBA2 #6848BB #BB4861 #9ABB48

square

#48BBA2 #6848BB #BB4861 #9ABB48

split-complementary

#48BBA2 #BB489A #BB6848

monochromatic

#256456 #36907D #48BBA2 #75CCB9 #A1DCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#48BBA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#48BBA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBA2

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBA2	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)

#B4B0A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.110 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0bd',
    500: '#48bba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bba2;
$custom-light: #87d0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.957,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72,
    "c": 0.11007,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBA2

secondary

#C996A1

accent

#526FD5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBA2

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

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