#48BCAA#48BCAA

#48BCAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.107 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCAA
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 170)
HSL	hsl(171, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(171, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 9.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -36.82, -0.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 36.83, 180.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.1072 -0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.107 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9081, 40.2435, 44.3194)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCAA #BC485A

analogous

#48BC70 #48BCAA #4894BC

triadic

#48BCAA #AA48BC #BCAA48

tetradic

#48BCAA #7048BC #BC485A #94BC48

square

#48BCAA #7048BC #BC485A #94BC48

split-complementary

#48BCAA #BC4894 #BC7048

monochromatic

#25655B #359283 #48BCAA #75CCBF #A2DDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#48BCAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#48BCAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCAA

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCAA	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.107 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1c3',
    500: '#48bcaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcaa;
$custom-light: #88d1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.69,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72487,
    "c": 0.10724,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCAA

secondary

#CA969E

accent

#5266D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCAA

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

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