#48B3AF#48B3AF

#48B3AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.097 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B3AF
RGB	rgb(72, 179, 175)
HSL	hsl(178, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 2.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, -31.26, -7.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 32.06, 192.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0953 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.097 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5271, 36.7103, 46.2369)
Luminance	0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B3AF #B3484C

analogous

#48B37A #48B3AF #4882B3

triadic

#48B3AF #AF48B3 #B3AF48

tetradic

#48B3AF #7A48B3 #B3484C #82B348

square

#48B3AF #7A48B3 #B3484C #82B348

split-complementary

#48B3AF #B34882 #B37A48

monochromatic

#255C5A #368784 #48B3AF #72C6C3 #9ED8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#48B3AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#48B3AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B3AF

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B3AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B3AF	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989EB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b3af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 179, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.097 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cac6',
    500: '#48b3af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b3af;
$custom-light: #87cac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b3af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.757,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70438,
    "c": 0.09738,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B3AF

secondary

#C49294

accent

#555AD2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B3AF

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

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