#48BEAE#48BEAE

#48BEAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.108 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BEAE
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 174)
HSL	hsl(172, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 8.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -36.69, -1.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 36.73, 182.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.1075 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.108 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7224, 41.2576, 46.4860)
Luminance	0.4126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BEAE #BE4858

analogous

#48BE73 #48BEAE #4893BE

triadic

#48BEAE #AE48BE #BEAE48

tetradic

#48BEAE #7348BE #BE4858 #93BE48

square

#48BEAE #7348BE #BE4858 #93BE48

split-complementary

#48BEAE #BE4893 #BE7348

monochromatic

#25675E #359487 #48BEAE #75CEC2 #A2DED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#48BEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#48BEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEAE

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BEAE	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48beae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.108 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2c6',
    500: '#48beae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48beae;
$custom-light: #88d2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48beae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.864,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73103,
    "c": 0.10765,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BEAE

secondary

#CB979E

accent

#5163D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEAE

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

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