#48BFBD#48BFBD

#48BFBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.105 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFBD
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 189)
HSL	hsl(179, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(179, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -33.11, -8.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 34.27, 194.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.1019 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.105 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4845, 42.3102, 54.6943)
Luminance	0.4231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFBD #BF484A

analogous

#48BF82 #48BFBD #4886BF

triadic

#48BFBD #BD48BF #BFBD48

tetradic

#48BFBD #8248BF #BF484A #86BF48

square

#48BFBD #8248BF #BF484A #86BF48

split-complementary

#48BFBD #BF4886 #BF8248

monochromatic

#246867 #349694 #48BFBD #75CFCD #A3DFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#48BFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#48BFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFBD

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFBD	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.105 193.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.992,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73835,
    "c": 0.10484,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFBD

secondary

#CC9798

accent

#5052D8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFBD

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

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