#48B2BA#48B2BA

#48B2BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.097 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2BA
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 186)
HSL	hsl(184, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 4.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, -27.67, -13.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 30.64, 205.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.0895 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.097 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4520, 36.7608, 52.0936)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2BA #BA5048

analogous

#48BA89 #48B2BA #4879BA

triadic

#48B2BA #BA48B2 #B2BA48

tetradic

#48B2BA #8948BA #BA5048 #79BA48

square

#48B2BA #8948BA #BA5048 #79BA48

split-complementary

#48B2BA #BA4879 #BA8948

monochromatic

#255E62 #36898F #48B2BA #74C5CB #A1D7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#48B2BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#48B2BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2BA

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2BA	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.097 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c9ce',
    500: '#48b2ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2ba;
$custom-light: #88c9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.211,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70582,
    "c": 0.09664,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2BA

secondary

#C89996

accent

#5C53D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2BA

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

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