#48BFA8#48BFA8

#48BFA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.111 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFA8
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 168)
HSL	hsl(168, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(168, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 12%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -38.70, 1.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 38.74, 177.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.1113 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.111 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3678, 41.4635, 43.5464)
Luminance	0.4147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFA8 #BF485F

analogous

#48BF6D #48BFA8 #489BBF

triadic

#48BFA8 #A848BF #BFA848

tetradic

#48BFA8 #6D48BF #BF485F #9BBF48

square

#48BFA8 #6D48BF #BF485F #9BBF48

split-complementary

#48BFA8 #BF489B #BF6D48

monochromatic

#24685B #349683 #48BFA8 #75CFBE #A3DFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#48BFA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#48BFA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFA8

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFA8	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)

#B8B4A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.111 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d3c1',
    500: '#48bfa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfa8;
$custom-light: #88d3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.403,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73167,
    "c": 0.11139,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFA8

secondary

#CC97A1

accent

#506AD8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFA8

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

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