#48BDAB#48BDAB

#48BDAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.108 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDAB
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 171)
HSL	hsl(171, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(171, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 9.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -37.02, -0.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 37.02, 180.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.1078 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.108 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2174, 40.7102, 44.8910)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDAB #BD485A

analogous

#48BD70 #48BDAB #4894BD

triadic

#48BDAB #AB48BD #BDAB48

tetradic

#48BDAB #7048BD #BD485A #94BD48

square

#48BDAB #7048BD #BD485A #94BD48

split-complementary

#48BDAB #BD4894 #BD7048

monochromatic

#25665C #359384 #48BDAB #75CDC0 #A2DDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#48BDAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#48BDAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDAB

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#B5B2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bdab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.108 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1c4',
    500: '#48bdab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bdab;
$custom-light: #88d1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bdab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.769,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72764,
    "c": 0.10784,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDAB

secondary

#CA979F

accent

#5166D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDAB

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

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