#48BDAF#48BDAF

#48BDAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.106 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDAF
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 175)
HSL	hsl(173, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 7.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -35.97, -2.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 36.07, 184.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.106 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.106 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6044, 40.8650, 46.9294)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDAF #BD4856

analogous

#48BD74 #48BDAF #4890BD

triadic

#48BDAF #AF48BD #BDAF48

tetradic

#48BDAF #7448BD #BD4856 #90BD48

square

#48BDAF #7448BD #BD4856 #90BD48

split-complementary

#48BDAF #BD4890 #BD7448

monochromatic

#25665E #359388 #48BDAF #75CDC3 #A2DDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#48BDAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#48BDAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDAF

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#B4B3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bdaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.106 184.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bdaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.821,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72889,
    "c": 0.1063,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDAF

secondary

#CA979D

accent

#5161D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDAF

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

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