#48BCAF#48BCAF

#48BCAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.105 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCAF
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 175)
HSL	hsl(173, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -35.51, -3.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 35.64, 184.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.105 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.105 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3901, 40.4363, 46.8579)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCAF #BC4855

analogous

#48BC75 #48BCAF #488FBC

triadic

#48BCAF #AF48BC #BCAF48

tetradic

#48BCAF #7548BC #BC4855 #8FBC48

square

#48BCAF #7548BC #BC4855 #8FBC48

split-complementary

#48BCAF #BC488F #BC7548

monochromatic

#25655E #359287 #48BCAF #75CCC3 #A2DDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#48BCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#48BCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCAF

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCAF	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.105 184.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.276,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72643,
    "c": 0.10534,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCAF

secondary

#CA969C

accent

#5261D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCAF

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

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