#48BDA8#48BDA8

#48BDA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.109 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDA8
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 168)
HSL	hsl(169, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(169, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 11.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -37.79, 0.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 37.80, 178.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.1092 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.109 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9347, 40.5971, 43.4020)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDA8 #BD485D

analogous

#48BD6D #48BDA8 #4897BD

triadic

#48BDA8 #A848BD #BDA848

tetradic

#48BDA8 #6D48BD #BD485D #97BD48

square

#48BDA8 #6D48BD #BD485D #97BD48

split-complementary

#48BDA8 #BD4897 #BD6D48

monochromatic

#25665A #359382 #48BDA8 #75CDBD #A2DDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#48BDA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#48BDA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDA8

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDA8	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B2A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bda8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.109 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1c1',
    500: '#48bda8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bda8;
$custom-light: #88d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bda8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.231,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72673,
    "c": 0.1092,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDA8

secondary

#CA97A0

accent

#5169D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDA8

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

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