#48A2B2#48A2B2

#48A2B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.088 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2B2
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 178)
HSL	hsl(189, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.02, -21.93, -16.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.02, 27.35, 216.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% -0.0756 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.088 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6254, 30.4304, 46.7394)
Luminance	0.3043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2B2 #B25848

analogous

#48B28D #48A2B2 #486DB2

triadic

#48A2B2 #B248A2 #A2B248

tetradic

#48A2B2 #8D48B2 #B25848 #6DB248

square

#48A2B2 #8D48B2 #B25848 #6DB248

split-complementary

#48A2B2 #B2486D #B28D48

monochromatic

#25535B #367A86 #48A2B2 #71B9C6 #9DCFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#48A2B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#48A2B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2B2

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2B2	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959DB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8591B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.088 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bdc9',
    500: '#48a2b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2b2;
$custom-light: #86bdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.057,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66409,
    "c": 0.0881,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2B2

secondary

#C49992

accent

#6856D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2B2

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

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