#48B2AA#48B2AA

#48B2AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.098 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2AA
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 170)
HSL	hsl(175, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(175, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 4.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, -32.15, -5.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 32.54, 188.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0965 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.098 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8454, 36.1181, 43.6318)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2AA #B24850

analogous

#48B275 #48B2AA #4885B2

triadic

#48B2AA #AA48B2 #B2AA48

tetradic

#48B2AA #7548B2 #B24850 #85B248

square

#48B2AA #7548B2 #B24850 #85B248

split-complementary

#48B2AA #B24885 #B27548

monochromatic

#255B57 #368680 #48B2AA #71C6BF #9DD7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#48B2AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#48B2AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2AA

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2AA	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.098 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c9c3',
    500: '#48b2aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2aa;
$custom-light: #86c9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.472,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70026,
    "c": 0.0975,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2AA

secondary

#C49296

accent

#565FD2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2AA

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

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