#48B4A2#48B4A2

#48B4A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.102 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B4A2
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 162)
HSL	hsl(170, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(170, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 10%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, -35.21, -0.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 35.21, 180.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.1023 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.102 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5123, 36.6263, 39.9005)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B4A2 #B4485A

analogous

#48B46C #48B4A2 #4890B4

triadic

#48B4A2 #A248B4 #B4A248

tetradic

#48B4A2 #6C48B4 #B4485A #90B448

square

#48B4A2 #6C48B4 #B4485A #90B448

split-complementary

#48B4A2 #B44890 #B46C48

monochromatic

#255D53 #37887B #48B4A2 #72C7B9 #9ED8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#48B4A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#48B4A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B4A2

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B4A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B4A2	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)

#ADAAA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b4a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.102 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbbd',
    500: '#48b4a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b4a2;
$custom-light: #86cbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b4a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70265,
    "c": 0.10227,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B4A2

secondary

#C5939B

accent

#556AD3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B4A2

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

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