#48BFBA#48BFBA

#48BFBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.105 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFBA
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 186)
HSL	hsl(177, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(177, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -33.94, -7.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 34.72, 192.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.1032 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.105 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1623, 42.1812, 52.9971)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFBA #BF484D

analogous

#48BF7F #48BFBA #4889BF

triadic

#48BFBA #BA48BF #BFBA48

tetradic

#48BFBA #7F48BF #BF484D #89BF48

square

#48BFBA #7F48BF #BF484D #89BF48

split-complementary

#48BFBA #BF4889 #BF7F48

monochromatic

#246865 #349691 #48BFBA #75CFCB #A3DFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#48BFBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#48BFBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFBA

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFBA	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.105 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d3ce',
    500: '#48bfba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfba;
$custom-light: #89d3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.479,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73734,
    "c": 0.10523,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFBA

secondary

#CC9799

accent

#5056D8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFBA

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

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