#48BEAF#48BEAF

#48BEAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.107 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BEAF
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 175)
HSL	hsl(172, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, -36.43, -2.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 36.50, 183.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.1071 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.107 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8203, 41.2967, 47.0013)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BEAF #BE4857

analogous

#48BE74 #48BEAF #4892BE

triadic

#48BEAF #AF48BE #BEAF48

tetradic

#48BEAF #7448BE #BE4857 #92BE48

square

#48BEAF #7448BE #BE4857 #92BE48

split-complementary

#48BEAF #BE4892 #BE7448

monochromatic

#25675F #359488 #48BEAF #75CEC3 #A2DED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#48BEAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#48BEAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEAF

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BEAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BEAF	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48beaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.107 183.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48beaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.373,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73134,
    "c": 0.10727,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BEAF

secondary

#CB979E

accent

#5162D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEAF

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

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