#48AEB2#48AEB2

#48AEB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.094 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AEB2
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 178)
HSL	hsl(182, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 2.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, -27.99, -10.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 30.04, 201.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% -0.0886 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.094 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8410, 34.8615, 47.4780)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AEB2 #B24C48

analogous

#48B281 #48AEB2 #4879B2

triadic

#48AEB2 #B248AE #AEB248

tetradic

#48AEB2 #8148B2 #B24C48 #79B248

square

#48AEB2 #8148B2 #B24C48 #79B248

split-complementary

#48AEB2 #B24879 #B28148

monochromatic

#25595B #368386 #48AEB2 #71C3C6 #9DD5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#48AEB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#48AEB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AEB2

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AEB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AEB2	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A7B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929AB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aeb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.094 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c6c9',
    500: '#48aeb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aeb2;
$custom-light: #87c6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aeb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.264,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69322,
    "c": 0.09364,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AEB2

secondary

#C49492

accent

#5A56D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AEB2

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