#48BFAF#48BFAF

#48BFAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.108 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFAF
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 175)
HSL	hsl(172, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(172, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 8.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -36.89, -1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 36.93, 182.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.1081 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.108 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0376, 41.7314, 47.0738)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFAF #BF4858

analogous

#48BF74 #48BFAF #4894BF

triadic

#48BFAF #AF48BF #BFAF48

tetradic

#48BFAF #7448BF #BF4858 #94BF48

square

#48BFAF #7448BF #BF4858 #94BF48

split-complementary

#48BFAF #BF4894 #BF7448

monochromatic

#24685F #349688 #48BFAF #75CFC3 #A3DFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#48BFAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#48BFAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFAF

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFAF	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B5AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.108 182.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.933,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73379,
    "c": 0.10826,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFAF

secondary

#CC979E

accent

#5062D8

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFAF

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

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