#48BFB1#48BFB1

#48BFB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.108 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFB1
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 177)
HSL	hsl(173, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(173, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 7.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -36.36, -2.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 36.47, 184.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.1072 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.108 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2355, 41.8105, 48.1159)
Luminance	0.4181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFB1 #BF4856

analogous

#48BF76 #48BFB1 #4892BF

triadic

#48BFB1 #B148BF #BFB148

tetradic

#48BFB1 #7648BF #BF4856 #92BF48

square

#48BFB1 #7648BF #BF4856 #92BF48

split-complementary

#48BFB1 #BF4892 #BF7648

monochromatic

#246860 #34968A #48BFB1 #75CFC4 #A3DFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#48BFB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#48BFB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFB1

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFB1	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B5B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A8B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.108 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d3c8',
    500: '#48bfb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfb1;
$custom-light: #88d3c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.941,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73442,
    "c": 0.10754,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFB1

secondary

#CC979D

accent

#5060D8

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFB1

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

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