#48B2B4#48B2B4

#48B2B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.096 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2B4
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 180)
HSL	hsl(181, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(181, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 1.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -29.38, -10.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 31.07, 199.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.0921 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.096 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8275, 36.5110, 48.8047)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2B4 #B44A48

analogous

#48B480 #48B2B4 #487CB4

triadic

#48B2B4 #B448B2 #B2B448

tetradic

#48B2B4 #8048B4 #B44A48 #7CB448

square

#48B2B4 #8048B4 #B44A48 #7CB448

split-complementary

#48B2B4 #B4487C #B48048

monochromatic

#255C5D #378788 #48B2B4 #72C5C7 #9ED7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#48B2B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#48B2B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2B4

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2B4	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AAB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.096 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c9ca',
    500: '#48b2b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2b4;
$custom-light: #87c9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.111,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70367,
    "c": 0.09625,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2B4

secondary

#C59493

accent

#5755D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2B4

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

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