#48BFAB#48BFAB

#48BFAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.110 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFAB
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 171)
HSL	hsl(170, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(170, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 10.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, -37.93, 0.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 37.93, 179.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.1099 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.11 180)
XYZ	xyz(28.6505, 41.5766, 45.0353)
Luminance	0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFAB #BF485C

analogous

#48BF70 #48BFAB #4898BF

triadic

#48BFAB #AB48BF #BFAB48

tetradic

#48BFAB #7048BF #BF485C #98BF48

square

#48BFAB #7048BF #BF485C #98BF48

split-complementary

#48BFAB #BF4898 #BF7048

monochromatic

#24685D #349685 #48BFAB #75CFC0 #A3DFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#48BFAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#48BFAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFAB

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFAB	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.110 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d3c4',
    500: '#48bfab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfab;
$custom-light: #88d3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.916,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73257,
    "c": 0.10994,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.4158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFAB

secondary

#CC97A0

accent

#5067D8

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFAB

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

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