#48B3AB#48B3AB

#48B3AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.098 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B3AB
RGB	rgb(72, 179, 171)
HSL	hsl(176, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 4.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, -32.35, -5.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 32.75, 188.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.0971 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.098 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1400, 36.5555, 44.1985)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B3AB #B34850

analogous

#48B376 #48B3AB #4886B3

triadic

#48B3AB #AB48B3 #B3AB48

tetradic

#48B3AB #7648B3 #B34850 #86B348

square

#48B3AB #7648B3 #B34850 #86B348

split-complementary

#48B3AB #B34886 #B37648

monochromatic

#255C58 #368781 #48B3AB #72C6C0 #9ED8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#48B3AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#48B3AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B3AB

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B3AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B3AB	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b3ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 179, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.098 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cac4',
    500: '#48b3ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b3ab;
$custom-light: #87cac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b3ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.514,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70305,
    "c": 0.09816,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B3AB

secondary

#C49296

accent

#555FD2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B3AB

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

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