#48BBAE#48BBAE

#48BBAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.105 H 184.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBAE
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 174)
HSL	hsl(173, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -35.31, -3.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 35.44, 184.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.1043 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.105 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0793, 39.9714, 46.2716)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBAE #BB4855

analogous

#48BB74 #48BBAE #488FBB

triadic

#48BBAE #AE48BB #BBAE48

tetradic

#48BBAE #7448BB #BB4855 #8FBB48

square

#48BBAE #7448BB #BB4855 #8FBB48

split-complementary

#48BBAE #BB488F #BB7448

monochromatic

#25645D #369086 #48BBAE #75CCC2 #A1DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#48BBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#48BBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBAE

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBAE	1.00	2.33	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.33	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)

#B2B1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.105 184.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0c6',
    500: '#48bbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbae;
$custom-light: #88d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.217,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72366,
    "c": 0.10471,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBAE

secondary

#C9969C

accent

#5261D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBAE

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

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