#48BEAA#48BEAA

#48BEAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.109 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BEAA
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 170)
HSL	hsl(170, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 10.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -37.73, 0.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 37.74, 179.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.1093 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.109 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3383, 41.1039, 44.4628)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BEAA #BE485C

analogous

#48BE6F #48BEAA #4897BE

triadic

#48BEAA #AA48BE #BEAA48

tetradic

#48BEAA #6F48BE #BE485C #97BE48

square

#48BEAA #6F48BE #BE485C #97BE48

split-complementary

#48BEAA #BE4897 #BE6F48

monochromatic

#25675C #359484 #48BEAA #75CEBF #A2DED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#48BEAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#48BEAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEAA

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BEAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BEAA	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B3A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A6AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48beaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.109 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2c3',
    500: '#48beaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48beaa;
$custom-light: #88d2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48beaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.831,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7298,
    "c": 0.10934,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BEAA

secondary

#CB97A0

accent

#5167D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEAA

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

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