#48BFB2#48BFB2

#48BFB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.107 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFB2
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 178)
HSL	hsl(173, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(173, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 6.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -36.10, -3.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 36.25, 185.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.1068 -0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.107 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3355, 41.8505, 48.6428)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFB2 #BF4855

analogous

#48BF77 #48BFB2 #4891BF

triadic

#48BFB2 #B248BF #BFB248

tetradic

#48BFB2 #7748BF #BF4855 #91BF48

square

#48BFB2 #7748BF #BF4855 #91BF48

split-complementary

#48BFB2 #BF4891 #BF7748

monochromatic

#246861 #34968B #48BFB2 #75CFC5 #A3DFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#48BFB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#48BFB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFB2

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFB2	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B5B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A8B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.107 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d3c9',
    500: '#48bfb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfb2;
$custom-light: #88d3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.445,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73474,
    "c": 0.1072,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFB2

secondary

#CC979D

accent

#505FD8

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFB2

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

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