#48BBAB#48BBAB

#48BBAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.106 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBAB
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 171)
HSL	hsl(172, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -36.10, -1.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 36.13, 182.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.1057 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.106 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7901, 39.8557, 44.7485)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBAB #BB4858

analogous

#48BB71 #48BBAB #4891BB

triadic

#48BBAB #AB48BB #BBAB48

tetradic

#48BBAB #7148BB #BB4858 #91BB48

square

#48BBAB #7148BB #BB4858 #91BB48

split-complementary

#48BBAB #BB4891 #BB7148

monochromatic

#25645B #369084 #48BBAB #75CCBF #A1DCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#48BBAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#48BBAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBAB

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBAB	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.106 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0c3',
    500: '#48bbab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbab;
$custom-light: #88d0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.652,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72272,
    "c": 0.1058,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBAB

secondary

#C9969D

accent

#5265D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBAB

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

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