#48B2AE#48B2AE

#48B2AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.097 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2AE
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 174)
HSL	hsl(178, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 2.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, -31.06, -7.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 31.85, 192.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0947 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.097 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2295, 36.2718, 45.6550)
Luminance	0.3627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2AE #B2484C

analogous

#48B279 #48B2AE #4881B2

triadic

#48B2AE #AE48B2 #B2AE48

tetradic

#48B2AE #7948B2 #B2484C #81B248

square

#48B2AE #7948B2 #B2484C #81B248

split-complementary

#48B2AE #B24881 #B27948

monochromatic

#255B59 #368683 #48B2AE #71C6C3 #9DD7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#48B2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#48B2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2AE

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2AE	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	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)

#A8AAAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.097 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c9c6',
    500: '#48b2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2ae;
$custom-light: #87c9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.736,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7016,
    "c": 0.09672,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2AE

secondary

#C49294

accent

#565AD2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2AE

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

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