#48BFAE#48BFAE

#48BFAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.109 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFAE
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 174)
HSL	hsl(171, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(171, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 8.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -37.15, -1.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 37.17, 181.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.1086 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.109 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9397, 41.6922, 46.5584)
Luminance	0.4169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFAE #BF4859

analogous

#48BF73 #48BFAE #4894BF

triadic

#48BFAE #AE48BF #BFAE48

tetradic

#48BFAE #7348BF #BF4859 #94BF48

square

#48BFAE #7348BF #BF4859 #94BF48

split-complementary

#48BFAE #BF4894 #BF7348

monochromatic

#24685E #349688 #48BFAE #75CFC2 #A3DFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#48BFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#48BFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFAE

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFAE	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.109 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d3c6',
    500: '#48bfae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfae;
$custom-light: #88d3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73348,
    "c": 0.10865,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFAE

secondary

#CC979F

accent

#5063D8

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFAE

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

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