#48BEAB#48BEAB

#48BEAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.109 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BEAB
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 171)
HSL	hsl(170, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 10%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, -37.48, -0.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 37.48, 180.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.1089 -0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.109 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4332, 41.1419, 44.9629)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BEAB #BE485B

analogous

#48BE70 #48BEAB #4896BE

triadic

#48BEAB #AB48BE #BEAB48

tetradic

#48BEAB #7048BE #BE485B #96BE48

square

#48BEAB #7048BE #BE485B #96BE48

split-complementary

#48BEAB #BE4896 #BE7048

monochromatic

#25675C #359485 #48BEAB #75CEC0 #A2DED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#48BEAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#48BEAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEAB

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BEAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BEAB	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B3AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A6AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48beab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.109 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2c4',
    500: '#48beab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48beab;
$custom-light: #88d2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48beab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.339,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7301,
    "c": 0.10889,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BEAB

secondary

#CB979F

accent

#5166D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEAB

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

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