#48B2AF#48B2AF

#48B2AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.097 H 192.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2AF
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 175)
HSL	hsl(178, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 1.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, -30.78, -7.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 31.70, 193.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0943 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.097 192.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3274, 36.3109, 46.1704)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2AF #B2484B

analogous

#48B27A #48B2AF #4880B2

triadic

#48B2AF #AF48B2 #B2AF48

tetradic

#48B2AF #7A48B2 #B2484B #80B248

square

#48B2AF #7A48B2 #B2484B #80B248

split-complementary

#48B2AF #B24880 #B27A48

monochromatic

#255B59 #368684 #48B2AF #71C6C3 #9DD7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#48B2AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#48B2AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2AF

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2AF	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AAAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979DB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.097 192.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c9c6',
    500: '#48b2af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2af;
$custom-light: #87c9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.302,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70194,
    "c": 0.09658,
    "h": 192.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2AF

secondary

#C49293

accent

#5659D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2AF

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

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