#48BFB0#48BFB0

#48BFB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.108 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFB0
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 176)
HSL	hsl(172, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(172, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -36.63, -2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 36.70, 183.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.1077 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.108 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1362, 41.7708, 47.5929)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFB0 #BF4857

analogous

#48BF75 #48BFB0 #4893BF

triadic

#48BFB0 #B048BF #BFB048

tetradic

#48BFB0 #7548BF #BF4857 #93BF48

square

#48BFB0 #7548BF #BF4857 #93BF48

split-complementary

#48BFB0 #BF4893 #BF7548

monochromatic

#246860 #349689 #48BFB0 #75CFC4 #A3DFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#48BFB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#48BFB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFB0

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFB0	1.00	2.24	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.24	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)

#B6B5AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A8B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.108 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d3c7',
    500: '#48bfb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfb0;
$custom-light: #88d3c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.437,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73411,
    "c": 0.10789,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFB0

secondary

#CC979E

accent

#5061D8

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFB0

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

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