#48BFBC#48BFBC

#48BFBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.105 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFBC
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 188)
HSL	hsl(178, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(178, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -33.38, -8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 34.41, 194.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.1024 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.105 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3764, 42.2669, 54.1246)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFBC #BF484B

analogous

#48BF81 #48BFBC #4887BF

triadic

#48BFBC #BC48BF #BFBC48

tetradic

#48BFBC #8148BF #BF484B #87BF48

square

#48BFBC #8148BF #BF484B #87BF48

split-complementary

#48BFBC #BF4887 #BF8148

monochromatic

#246866 #349693 #48BFBC #75CFCD #A3DFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#48BFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#48BFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFBC

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFBC	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.105 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d3d0',
    500: '#48bfbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfbc;
$custom-light: #89d3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.487,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73801,
    "c": 0.10495,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFBC

secondary

#CC9799

accent

#5053D8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFBC

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

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