#48BDA3#48BDA3

#48BDA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.112 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDA3
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 163)
HSL	hsl(167, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(167, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 13.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -39.06, 3.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 39.21, 174.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.1115 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.112 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4778, 40.4144, 40.9959)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDA3 #BD4862

analogous

#48BD68 #48BDA3 #489CBD

triadic

#48BDA3 #A348BD #BDA348

tetradic

#48BDA3 #6848BD #BD4862 #9CBD48

square

#48BDA3 #6848BD #BD4862 #9CBD48

split-complementary

#48BDA3 #BD489C #BD6848

monochromatic

#256657 #35937E #48BDA3 #75CDBA #A2DDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#48BDA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#48BDA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDA3

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDA3	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)

#B6B2A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A5A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bda3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.112 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1be',
    500: '#48bda3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bda3;
$custom-light: #87d1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bda3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72525,
    "c": 0.11182,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDA3

secondary

#CA97A2

accent

#516FD7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDA3

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

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