#48BDAE#48BDAE

#48BDAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.107 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDAE
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 174)
HSL	hsl(172, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -36.23, -2.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 36.30, 183.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.1065 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.107 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5066, 40.8259, 46.4140)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDAE #BD4857

analogous

#48BD73 #48BDAE #4891BD

triadic

#48BDAE #AE48BD #BDAE48

tetradic

#48BDAE #7348BD #BD4857 #91BD48

square

#48BDAE #7348BD #BD4857 #91BD48

split-complementary

#48BDAE #BD4891 #BD7348

monochromatic

#25665E #359387 #48BDAE #75CDC2 #A2DDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#48BDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#48BDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDAE

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDAE	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.107 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1c6',
    500: '#48bdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bdae;
$custom-light: #88d1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.308,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72857,
    "c": 0.10666,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDAE

secondary

#CA979D

accent

#5162D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDAE

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

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