#48BFBE#48BFBE

#48BFBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.105 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFBE
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 190)
HSL	hsl(179, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(179, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -32.83, -9.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 34.13, 195.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.1015 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.105 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5935, 42.3537, 55.2680)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFBE #BF4849

analogous

#48BF83 #48BFBE #4885BF

triadic

#48BFBE #BE48BF #BFBE48

tetradic

#48BFBE #8348BF #BF4849 #85BF48

square

#48BFBE #8348BF #BF4849 #85BF48

split-complementary

#48BFBE #BF4885 #BF8348

monochromatic

#246868 #349695 #48BFBE #75CFCE #A3DFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#48BFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#48BFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFBE

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFBE	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.105 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d3d1',
    500: '#48bfbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfbe;
$custom-light: #89d3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.496,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7387,
    "c": 0.10475,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFBE

secondary

#CC9798

accent

#5051D8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFBE

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

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