#48BDAA#48BDAA

#48BDAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.108 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDAA
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 170)
HSL	hsl(170, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 10.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -37.28, -0.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 37.28, 180.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.1083 -0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.108 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1224, 40.6722, 44.3909)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDAA #BD485B

analogous

#48BD6F #48BDAA #4895BD

triadic

#48BDAA #AA48BD #BDAA48

tetradic

#48BDAA #6F48BD #BD485B #95BD48

square

#48BDAA #6F48BD #BD485B #95BD48

split-complementary

#48BDAA #BD4895 #BD6F48

monochromatic

#25665B #359384 #48BDAA #75CDBF #A2DDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#48BDAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#48BDAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDAA

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDAA	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bdaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.108 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1c3',
    500: '#48bdaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bdaa;
$custom-light: #88d1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bdaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.256,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72734,
    "c": 0.10828,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDAA

secondary

#CA979F

accent

#5167D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDAA

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

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