#48BCAE#48BCAE

#48BCAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.106 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCAE
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(173, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -35.77, -2.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 35.87, 184.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.1054 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.106 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.2922, 40.3972, 46.3426)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCAE #BC4856

analogous

#48BC74 #48BCAE #4890BC

triadic

#48BCAE #AE48BC #BCAE48

tetradic

#48BCAE #7448BC #BC4856 #90BC48

square

#48BCAE #7448BC #BC4856 #90BC48

split-complementary

#48BCAE #BC4890 #BC7448

monochromatic

#25655D #359286 #48BCAE #75CCC2 #A2DDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#48BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#48BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCAE

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCAE	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.106 184.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.759,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72612,
    "c": 0.10568,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCAE

secondary

#CA969C

accent

#5262D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCAE

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

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