#48BFA2#48BFA2

#48BFA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.115 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFA2
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 162)
HSL	hsl(165, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(165, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 15.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -40.20, 4.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 40.49, 173.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.1141 0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.115 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8217, 41.2450, 40.6703)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFA2 #BF4865

analogous

#48BF67 #48BFA2 #48A1BF

triadic

#48BFA2 #A248BF #BFA248

tetradic

#48BFA2 #6748BF #BF4865 #A1BF48

square

#48BFA2 #6748BF #BF4865 #A1BF48

split-complementary

#48BFA2 #BF48A1 #BF6748

monochromatic

#246858 #34967E #48BFA2 #75CFB9 #A3DFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#48BFA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#48BFA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFA2

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFA2	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)

#B9B3A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A7A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.115 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d3bd',
    500: '#48bfa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfa2;
$custom-light: #88d3bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.378,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72992,
    "c": 0.11472,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFA2

secondary

#CC97A4

accent

#5071D8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFA2

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

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