#48BFA7#48BFA7

#48BFA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.112 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFA7
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 167)
HSL	hsl(168, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(168, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 12.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, -38.95, 2.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 39.02, 176.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.1118 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.112 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2750, 41.4264, 43.0577)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFA7 #BF4860

analogous

#48BF6C #48BFA7 #489CBF

triadic

#48BFA7 #A748BF #BFA748

tetradic

#48BFA7 #6C48BF #BF4860 #9CBF48

square

#48BFA7 #6C48BF #BF4860 #9CBF48

split-complementary

#48BFA7 #BF489C #BF6C48

monochromatic

#24685B #349682 #48BFA7 #75CFBD #A3DFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#48BFA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#48BFA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFA7

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFA7	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B4A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A7A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.112 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d3c1',
    500: '#48bfa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfa7;
$custom-light: #88d3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.899,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73137,
    "c": 0.1119,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFA7

secondary

#CC97A2

accent

#506BD8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFA7

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

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