#48BFB4#48BFB4

#48BFB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.107 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFB4
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 180)
HSL	hsl(174, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -35.56, -4.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 35.82, 186.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.1059 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.107 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5378, 41.9314, 49.7081)
Luminance	0.4194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFB4 #BF4853

analogous

#48BF79 #48BFB4 #488FBF

triadic

#48BFB4 #B448BF #BFB448

tetradic

#48BFB4 #7948BF #BF4853 #8FBF48

square

#48BFB4 #7948BF #BF4853 #8FBF48

split-complementary

#48BFB4 #BF488F #BF7948

monochromatic

#246862 #34968D #48BFB4 #75CFC7 #A3DFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#48BFB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#48BFB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFB4

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFB4	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B5B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A8B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.107 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d3ca',
    500: '#48bfb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfb4;
$custom-light: #89d3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.454,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73538,
    "c": 0.10659,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFB4

secondary

#CC979C

accent

#505DD8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFB4

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

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