#48B4AA#48B4AA

#48B4AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.099 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B4AA
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 170)
HSL	hsl(174, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(174, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 5.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -33.10, -4.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 33.35, 187.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0986 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.099 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2462, 36.9198, 43.7655)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B4AA #B44852

analogous

#48B474 #48B4AA #4888B4

triadic

#48B4AA #AA48B4 #B4AA48

tetradic

#48B4AA #7448B4 #B44852 #88B448

square

#48B4AA #7448B4 #B44852 #88B448

split-complementary

#48B4AA #B44888 #B47448

monochromatic

#255D57 #378881 #48B4AA #72C7BF #9ED8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#48B4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#48B4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B4AA

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B4AA	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.099 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbc3',
    500: '#48b4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b4aa;
$custom-light: #87cbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.444,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70518,
    "c": 0.09933,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B4AA

secondary

#C59398

accent

#5561D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B4AA

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

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