#48AFB2#48AFB2

#48AFB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.094 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFB2
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 178)
HSL	hsl(182, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 1.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, -28.48, -10.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 30.34, 200.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.0897 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.094 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0349, 35.2493, 47.5426)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFB2 #B24B48

analogous

#48B280 #48AFB2 #487AB2

triadic

#48AFB2 #B248AF #AFB248

tetradic

#48AFB2 #8048B2 #B24B48 #7AB248

square

#48AFB2 #8048B2 #B24B48 #7AB248

split-complementary

#48AFB2 #B2487A #B28048

monochromatic

#25595B #368486 #48AFB2 #71C3C6 #9DD6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#48AFB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#48AFB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFB2

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFB2	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A7B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939BB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.094 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c7c9',
    500: '#48afb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afb2;
$custom-light: #87c7c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.698,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69566,
    "c": 0.09427,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFB2

secondary

#C49392

accent

#5956D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFB2

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

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