#48B2AC#48B2AC

#48B2AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.097 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2AC
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 172)
HSL	hsl(177, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 3.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, -31.60, -6.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 32.18, 190.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0956 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.097 190)
XYZ	xyz(26.0360, 36.1944, 44.6358)
Luminance	0.3620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2AC #B2484E

analogous

#48B277 #48B2AC #4883B2

triadic

#48B2AC #AC48B2 #B2AC48

tetradic

#48B2AC #7748B2 #B2484E #83B248

square

#48B2AC #7748B2 #B2484E #83B248

split-complementary

#48B2AC #B24883 #B27748

monochromatic

#255B58 #368682 #48B2AC #71C6C1 #9DD7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#48B2AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#48B2AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2AC

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2AC	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.097 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c9c4',
    500: '#48b2ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2ac;
$custom-light: #87c9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.604,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70093,
    "c": 0.09707,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.36197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2AC

secondary

#C49295

accent

#565DD2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2AC

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

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