#48BBAC#48BBAC

#48BBAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.105 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBAC
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 172)
HSL	hsl(172, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -35.84, -2.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 35.89, 183.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.1052 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.105 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8858, 39.8940, 45.2524)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBAC #BB4857

analogous

#48BB72 #48BBAC #4890BB

triadic

#48BBAC #AC48BB #BBAC48

tetradic

#48BBAC #7248BB #BB4857 #90BB48

square

#48BBAC #7248BB #BB4857 #90BB48

split-complementary

#48BBAC #BB4890 #BB7248

monochromatic

#25645B #369084 #48BBAC #75CCC0 #A1DCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#48BBAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#48BBAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBAC

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBAC	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.105 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0c4',
    500: '#48bbac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbac;
$custom-light: #88d0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.174,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72303,
    "c": 0.10542,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBAC

secondary

#C9969D

accent

#5263D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBAC

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

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