#48BFA6#48BFA6

#48BFA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.112 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFA6
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 166)
HSL	hsl(167, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(167, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 13.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -39.20, 2.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 39.30, 175.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.1122 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.112 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1830, 41.3895, 42.5727)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFA6 #BF4861

analogous

#48BF6B #48BFA6 #489DBF

triadic

#48BFA6 #A648BF #BFA648

tetradic

#48BFA6 #6B48BF #BF4861 #9DBF48

square

#48BFA6 #6B48BF #BF4861 #9DBF48

split-complementary

#48BFA6 #BF489D #BF6B48

monochromatic

#24685A #349681 #48BFA6 #75CFBC #A3DFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#48BFA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#48BFA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFA6

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFA6	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B4A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A7A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.112 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d3c0',
    500: '#48bfa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfa6;
$custom-light: #88d3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.395,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73108,
    "c": 0.11244,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFA6

secondary

#CC97A2

accent

#506DD8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFA6

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

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