#48BFAC#48BFAC

#48BFAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.110 H 180.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFAC
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 172)
HSL	hsl(170, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(170, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 9.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -37.67, -0.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 37.67, 180.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.1095 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.11 180.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7462, 41.6148, 45.5392)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFAC #BF485B

analogous

#48BF71 #48BFAC #4897BF

triadic

#48BFAC #AC48BF #BFAC48

tetradic

#48BFAC #7148BF #BF485B #97BF48

square

#48BFAC #7148BF #BF485B #97BF48

split-complementary

#48BFAC #BF4897 #BF7148

monochromatic

#24685D #349686 #48BFAC #75CFC1 #A3DFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#48BFAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#48BFAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFAC

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#B7B4AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.110 180.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.42,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73287,
    "c": 0.1095,
    "h": 180.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFAC

secondary

#CC97A0

accent

#5066D8

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFAC

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

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