#48BFB7#48BFB7

#48BFB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.106 H 188.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFB7
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 183)
HSL	hsl(176, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(176, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 4.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -34.76, -5.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 35.24, 189.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.1045 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.106 188.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8467, 42.0550, 51.3350)
Luminance	0.4206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFB7 #BF4850

analogous

#48BF7C #48BFB7 #488CBF

triadic

#48BFB7 #B748BF #BFB748

tetradic

#48BFB7 #7C48BF #BF4850 #8CBF48

square

#48BFB7 #7C48BF #BF4850 #8CBF48

split-complementary

#48BFB7 #BF488C #BF7C48

monochromatic

#246864 #34968F #48BFB7 #75CFC9 #A3DFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#48BFB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#48BFB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFB7

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFB7	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B5B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A8B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.106 188.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d3cc',
    500: '#48bfb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfb7;
$custom-light: #89d3cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.966,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73635,
    "c": 0.10581,
    "h": 188.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFB7

secondary

#CC979B

accent

#5059D8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFB7

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

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