#48B2B7#48B2B7

#48B2B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.096 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2B7
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 183)
HSL	hsl(183, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 2.7%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, -28.53, -11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 30.81, 202.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.0908 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.096 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1365, 36.6346, 50.4316)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2B7 #B74D48

analogous

#48B785 #48B2B7 #487AB7

triadic

#48B2B7 #B748B2 #B2B748

tetradic

#48B2B7 #8548B7 #B74D48 #7AB748

square

#48B2B7 #8548B7 #B74D48 #7AB748

split-complementary

#48B2B7 #B7487A #B78548

monochromatic

#255D5F #37878B #48B2B7 #74C4C8 #A0D7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#48B2B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#48B2B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2B7

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2B7	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AAB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.096 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c9cc',
    500: '#48b2b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2b7;
$custom-light: #87c9cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.703,
    "s": 43.529,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70473,
    "c": 0.09634,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2B7

secondary

#C69795

accent

#5A55D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2B7

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

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