#48BDA1#48BDA1

#48BDA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.113 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDA1
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 161)
HSL	hsl(166, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(166, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 14.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -39.56, 4.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 39.81, 173.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.1124 0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.113 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3000, 40.3433, 40.0596)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDA1 #BD4864

analogous

#48BD66 #48BDA1 #489EBD

triadic

#48BDA1 #A148BD #BDA148

tetradic

#48BDA1 #6648BD #BD4864 #9EBD48

square

#48BDA1 #6648BD #BD4864 #9EBD48

split-complementary

#48BDA1 #BD489E #BD6648

monochromatic

#256656 #35937C #48BDA1 #75CDB8 #A2DDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#48BDA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#48BDA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDA1

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDA1	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B2A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A5A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bda1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.113 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1bc',
    500: '#48bda1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bda1;
$custom-light: #87d1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bda1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.641,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72468,
    "c": 0.11297,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDA1

secondary

#CA97A3

accent

#5171D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDA1

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

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