#48B4AB#48B4AB

#48B4AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.099 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B4AB
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 171)
HSL	hsl(175, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(175, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 5%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, -32.83, -4.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 33.15, 188.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0982 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.099 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3412, 36.9578, 44.2655)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B4AB #B44851

analogous

#48B475 #48B4AB #4887B4

triadic

#48B4AB #AB48B4 #B4AB48

tetradic

#48B4AB #7548B4 #B44851 #87B448

square

#48B4AB #7548B4 #B44851 #87B448

split-complementary

#48B4AB #B44887 #B47548

monochromatic

#255D58 #378881 #48B4AB #72C7C0 #9ED8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#48B4AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#48B4AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B4AB

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B4AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B4AB	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b4ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.099 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbc4',
    500: '#48b4ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b4ab;
$custom-light: #87cbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b4ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70551,
    "c": 0.09906,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B4AB

secondary

#C59397

accent

#5560D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B4AB

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

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