#48BBAF#48BBAF

#48BBAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.104 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBAF
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 175)
HSL	hsl(174, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 6.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -35.04, -3.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 35.22, 185.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.1039 -0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.104 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1772, 40.0105, 46.7870)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBAF #BB4854

analogous

#48BB75 #48BBAF #488DBB

triadic

#48BBAF #AF48BB #BBAF48

tetradic

#48BBAF #7548BB #BB4854 #8DBB48

square

#48BBAF #7548BB #BB4854 #8DBB48

split-complementary

#48BBAF #BB488D #BB7548

monochromatic

#25645D #369087 #48BBAF #75CCC3 #A1DCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#48BBAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#48BBAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBAF

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBAF	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.104 185.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.739,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72398,
    "c": 0.10439,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBAF

secondary

#C9969B

accent

#5260D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBAF

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