#48AEB8#48AEB8

#48AEB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.094 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AEB8
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 184)
HSL	hsl(185, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, -26.26, -13.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 29.74, 207.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% -0.0861 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.094 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4566, 35.1078, 50.7203)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AEB8 #B85248

analogous

#48B88A #48AEB8 #4876B8

triadic

#48AEB8 #B848AE #AEB848

tetradic

#48AEB8 #8A48B8 #B85248 #76B848

square

#48AEB8 #8A48B8 #B85248 #76B848

split-complementary

#48AEB8 #B84876 #B88A48

monochromatic

#255B60 #36858C #48AEB8 #74C2C9 #A0D5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#48AEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#48AEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AEB8

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AEB8	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A7B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909BB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aeb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.094 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c6cd',
    500: '#48aeb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aeb8;
$custom-light: #87c6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aeb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.357,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6954,
    "c": 0.09435,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AEB8

secondary

#C79995

accent

#5F54D4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AEB8

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

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