#48BFA5#48BFA5

#48BFA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.113 H 175.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFA5
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 165)
HSL	hsl(167, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(167, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 13.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, -39.46, 3.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 39.59, 175.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.1127 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.113 175.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0916, 41.3530, 42.0915)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFA5 #BF4862

analogous

#48BF6A #48BFA5 #489EBF

triadic

#48BFA5 #A548BF #BFA548

tetradic

#48BFA5 #6A48BF #BF4862 #9EBF48

square

#48BFA5 #6A48BF #BF4862 #9EBF48

split-complementary

#48BFA5 #BF489E #BF6A48

monochromatic

#246859 #349680 #48BFA5 #75CFBB #A3DFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#48BFA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#48BFA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFA5

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFA5	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B4A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A7A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.113 175.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d3bf',
    500: '#48bfa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfa5;
$custom-light: #88d3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.891,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73079,
    "c": 0.11299,
    "h": 175.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFA5

secondary

#CC97A3

accent

#506ED8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFA5

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

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