#48B2A2#48B2A2

#48B2A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.100 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2A2
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 162)
HSL	hsl(171, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(171, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -34.28, -0.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 34.29, 181.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.1001 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.1 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1115, 35.8246, 39.7669)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2A2 #B24858

analogous

#48B26D #48B2A2 #488DB2

triadic

#48B2A2 #A248B2 #B2A248

tetradic

#48B2A2 #6D48B2 #B24858 #8DB248

square

#48B2A2 #6D48B2 #B24858 #8DB248

split-complementary

#48B2A2 #B2488D #B26D48

monochromatic

#255B53 #36867A #48B2A2 #71C6B9 #9DD7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#48B2A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#48B2A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2A2

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2A2	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA8A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9CA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.100 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c9bd',
    500: '#48b2a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2a2;
$custom-light: #86c9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.943,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6977,
    "c": 0.10015,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2A2

secondary

#C49299

accent

#5668D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2A2

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

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