#48B1AC#48B1AC

#48B1AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.096 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B1AC
RGB	rgb(72, 177, 172)
HSL	hsl(177, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 2.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, -31.12, -6.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 31.79, 191.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.0945 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.096 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8378, 35.7979, 44.5697)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B1AC #B1484D

analogous

#48B178 #48B1AC #4882B1

triadic

#48B1AC #AC48B1 #B1AC48

tetradic

#48B1AC #7848B1 #B1484D #82B148

square

#48B1AC #7848B1 #B1484D #82B148

split-complementary

#48B1AC #B14882 #B17848

monochromatic

#255A57 #368582 #48B1AC #71C5C1 #9CD7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#48B1AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#48B1AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B1AC

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B1AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B1AC	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A8AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b1ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 177, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.096 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c8c4',
    500: '#48b1ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b1ac;
$custom-light: #86c8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b1ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.143,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69847,
    "c": 0.09623,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B1AC

secondary

#C39194

accent

#565CD2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B1AC

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

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