#48B2AB#48B2AB

#48B2AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.097 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2AB
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 171)
HSL	hsl(176, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 3.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -31.88, -5.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 32.35, 189.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.096 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.097 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9403, 36.1561, 44.1319)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2AB #B2484F

analogous

#48B276 #48B2AB #4884B2

triadic

#48B2AB #AB48B2 #B2AB48

tetradic

#48B2AB #7648B2 #B2484F #84B248

square

#48B2AB #7648B2 #B2484F #84B248

split-complementary

#48B2AB #B24884 #B27648

monochromatic

#255B57 #368681 #48B2AB #71C6C0 #9DD7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#48B2AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#48B2AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2AB

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2AB	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.097 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c9c4',
    500: '#48b2ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2ab;
$custom-light: #86c9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.038,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70059,
    "c": 0.09728,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2AB

secondary

#C49295

accent

#565ED2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2AB

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

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