#48BBAD#48BBAD

#48BBAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.105 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBAD
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 173)
HSL	hsl(173, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 7.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, -35.57, -2.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 35.66, 184.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.1048 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.105 184)
XYZ	xyz(27.9822, 39.9325, 45.7601)
Luminance	0.3993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBAD #BB4856

analogous

#48BB73 #48BBAD #488FBB

triadic

#48BBAD #AD48BB #BBAD48

tetradic

#48BBAD #7348BB #BB4856 #8FBB48

square

#48BBAD #7348BB #BB4856 #8FBB48

split-complementary

#48BBAD #BB488F #BB7348

monochromatic

#25645C #369085 #48BBAD #75CCC1 #A1DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#48BBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#48BBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBAD

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBAD	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.105 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0c5',
    500: '#48bbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbad;
$custom-light: #88d0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.696,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72335,
    "c": 0.10505,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.39935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBAD

secondary

#C9969C

accent

#5262D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBAD

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

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