#48BFA0#48BFA0

#48BFA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.116 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFA0
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 160)
HSL	hsl(164, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(164, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 16.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -40.69, 5.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 41.11, 171.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.115 0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.116 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6454, 41.1745, 39.7414)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFA0 #BF4867

analogous

#48BF65 #48BFA0 #48A3BF

triadic

#48BFA0 #A048BF #BFA048

tetradic

#48BFA0 #6548BF #BF4867 #A3BF48

square

#48BFA0 #6548BF #BF4867 #A3BF48

split-complementary

#48BFA0 #BF48A3 #BF6548

monochromatic

#246857 #34967C #48BFA0 #75CFB8 #A3DFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#48BFA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#48BFA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFA0

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFA0	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B39F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A7A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.116 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d3bc',
    500: '#48bfa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfa0;
$custom-light: #88d3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.37,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72936,
    "c": 0.11596,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFA0

secondary

#CC97A5

accent

#5073D8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFA0

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

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