#48A4B2#48A4B2

#48A4B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.089 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A4B2
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 178)
HSL	hsl(188, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 7.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.63, -22.96, -15.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.63, 27.67, 213.91°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% -0.0777 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.089 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9805, 31.1406, 46.8578)
Luminance	0.3114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A4B2 #B25648

analogous

#48B28B #48A4B2 #486FB2

triadic

#48A4B2 #B248A4 #A4B248

tetradic

#48A4B2 #8B48B2 #B25648 #6FB248

square

#48A4B2 #8B48B2 #B25648 #6FB248

split-complementary

#48A4B2 #B2486F #B28B48

monochromatic

#25545B #367C86 #48A4B2 #71BBC6 #9DD0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#48A4B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#48A4B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A4B2

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A4B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A4B2	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979EB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8792B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a4b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.089 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bfc9',
    500: '#48a4b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a4b2;
$custom-light: #86bfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a4b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.925,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66893,
    "c": 0.08873,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A4B2

secondary

#C49992

accent

#6656D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A4B2

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

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