#48BDA4#48BDA4

#48BDA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.111 H 176.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDA4
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 164)
HSL	hsl(167, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(167, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 13.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -38.81, 2.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 38.92, 175.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.111 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.111 176.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5678, 40.4504, 41.4696)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDA4 #BD4861

analogous

#48BD69 #48BDA4 #489CBD

triadic

#48BDA4 #A448BD #BDA448

tetradic

#48BDA4 #6948BD #BD4861 #9CBD48

square

#48BDA4 #6948BD #BD4861 #9CBD48

split-complementary

#48BDA4 #BD489C #BD6948

monochromatic

#256658 #35937F #48BDA4 #75CDBA #A2DDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#48BDA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#48BDA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDA4

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDA4	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)

#B6B2A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A5A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bda4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.111 176.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1be',
    500: '#48bda4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bda4;
$custom-light: #87d1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bda4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.179,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72554,
    "c": 0.11126,
    "h": 176.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDA4

secondary

#CA97A2

accent

#516ED7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDA4

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

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