#48B2AD#48B2AD

#48B2AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.097 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2AD
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 173)
HSL	hsl(177, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 2.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -31.33, -6.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 32.01, 191.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% -0.0951 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.097 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1324, 36.2329, 45.1435)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2AD #B2484D

analogous

#48B278 #48B2AD #4882B2

triadic

#48B2AD #AD48B2 #B2AD48

tetradic

#48B2AD #7848B2 #B2484D #82B248

square

#48B2AD #7848B2 #B2484D #82B248

split-complementary

#48B2AD #B24882 #B27848

monochromatic

#255B58 #368683 #48B2AD #71C6C2 #9DD7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#48B2AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#48B2AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2AD

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2AD	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.097 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c9c5',
    500: '#48b2ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2ad;
$custom-light: #87c9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.17,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70126,
    "c": 0.09689,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2AD

secondary

#C49294

accent

#565BD2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2AD

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

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