#48BFAD#48BFAD

#48BFAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.109 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFAD
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 173)
HSL	hsl(171, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(171, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 9.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -37.41, -0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 37.42, 181.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.109 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.109 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8426, 41.6534, 46.0469)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFAD #BF485A

analogous

#48BF72 #48BFAD #4896BF

triadic

#48BFAD #AD48BF #BFAD48

tetradic

#48BFAD #7248BF #BF485A #96BF48

square

#48BFAD #7248BF #BF485A #96BF48

split-complementary

#48BFAD #BF4896 #BF7248

monochromatic

#24685E #349687 #48BFAD #75CFC1 #A3DFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#48BFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#48BFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFAD

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFAD	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.109 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d3c5',
    500: '#48bfad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfad;
$custom-light: #88d3c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.924,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73318,
    "c": 0.10906,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFAD

secondary

#CC979F

accent

#5065D8

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFAD

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

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