#48BFA3#48BFA3

#48BFA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.114 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFA3
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 163)
HSL	hsl(166, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(166, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 14.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -39.95, 4.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 40.19, 173.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.1136 0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.114 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9110, 41.2807, 41.1403)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFA3 #BF4864

analogous

#48BF68 #48BFA3 #48A0BF

triadic

#48BFA3 #A348BF #BFA348

tetradic

#48BFA3 #6848BF #BF4864 #A0BF48

square

#48BFA3 #6848BF #BF4864 #A0BF48

split-complementary

#48BFA3 #BF48A0 #BF6848

monochromatic

#246858 #34967F #48BFA3 #75CFBA #A3DFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#48BFA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#48BFA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFA3

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFA3	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)

#B9B3A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A7A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.114 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d3be',
    500: '#48bfa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfa3;
$custom-light: #88d3be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.882,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73021,
    "c": 0.11413,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFA3

secondary

#CC97A4

accent

#5070D8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFA3

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

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