#48BFB3#48BFB3

#48BFB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.107 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFB3
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 179)
HSL	hsl(174, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 6.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -35.83, -3.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 36.03, 186.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.1063 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.107 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4363, 41.8908, 49.1735)
Luminance	0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFB3 #BF4854

analogous

#48BF78 #48BFB3 #488FBF

triadic

#48BFB3 #B348BF #BFB348

tetradic

#48BFB3 #7848BF #BF4854 #8FBF48

square

#48BFB3 #7848BF #BF4854 #8FBF48

split-complementary

#48BFB3 #BF488F #BF7848

monochromatic

#246861 #34968C #48BFB3 #75CFC6 #A3DFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#48BFB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#48BFB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFB3

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFB3	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B5B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A8B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.107 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d3c9',
    500: '#48bfb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfb3;
$custom-light: #89d3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.95,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73506,
    "c": 0.10688,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFB3

secondary

#CC979D

accent

#505ED8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFB3

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

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