#48BDBF#48BDBF

#48BDBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.103 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDBF
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 191)
HSL	hsl(181, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -31.59, -10.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 33.37, 198.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.099 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.103 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2699, 41.5312, 55.7012)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDBF #BF4A48

analogous

#48BF86 #48BDBF #4882BF

triadic

#48BDBF #BF48BD #BDBF48

tetradic

#48BDBF #8648BF #BF4A48 #82BF48

square

#48BDBF #8648BF #BF4A48 #82BF48

split-complementary

#48BDBF #BF4882 #BF8648

monochromatic

#246768 #349496 #48BDBF #75CDCF #A3DEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#48BDBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#48BDBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDBF

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDBF	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bdbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.103 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d1d2',
    500: '#48bdbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bdbf;
$custom-light: #89d1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bdbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.008,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7342,
    "c": 0.10335,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDBF

secondary

#CC9897

accent

#5250D8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDBF

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

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