#48BDA5#48BDA5

#48BDA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.111 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDA5
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 165)
HSL	hsl(168, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 12.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -38.56, 2.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 38.63, 176.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.1106 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.111 177)
XYZ	xyz(27.6584, 40.4866, 41.9471)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDA5 #BD4860

analogous

#48BD6A #48BDA5 #489ABD

triadic

#48BDA5 #A548BD #BDA548

tetradic

#48BDA5 #6A48BD #BD4860 #9ABD48

square

#48BDA5 #6A48BD #BD4860 #9ABD48

split-complementary

#48BDA5 #BD489A #BD6A48

monochromatic

#256659 #359380 #48BDA5 #75CDBB #A2DDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#48BDA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#48BDA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDA5

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDA5	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B2A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A5A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bda5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.111 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1bf',
    500: '#48bda5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bda5;
$custom-light: #87d1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bda5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.692,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72584,
    "c": 0.11072,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.4049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDA5

secondary

#CA97A1

accent

#516DD7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDA5

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

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