#48BDAC#48BDAC

#48BDAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.107 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDAC
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 172)
HSL	hsl(171, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(171, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -36.76, -1.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 36.78, 181.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.1074 -0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.107 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3130, 40.7485, 45.3948)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDAC #BD4859

analogous

#48BD71 #48BDAC #4893BD

triadic

#48BDAC #AC48BD #BDAC48

tetradic

#48BDAC #7148BD #BD4859 #93BD48

square

#48BDAC #7148BD #BD4859 #93BD48

split-complementary

#48BDAC #BD4893 #BD7148

monochromatic

#25665C #359385 #48BDAC #75CDC0 #A2DDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#48BDAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#48BDAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDAC

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDAC	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bdac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.107 181.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bdac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.282,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72795,
    "c": 0.10743,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDAC

secondary

#CA979E

accent

#5165D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDAC

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

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