#48B4AC#48B4AC

#48B4AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.099 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B4AC
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 172)
HSL	hsl(176, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 4.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, -32.56, -5.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 32.96, 188.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.0977 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.099 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4368, 36.9961, 44.7694)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B4AC #B44850

analogous

#48B476 #48B4AC #4886B4

triadic

#48B4AC #AC48B4 #B4AC48

tetradic

#48B4AC #7648B4 #B44850 #86B448

square

#48B4AC #7648B4 #B44850 #86B448

split-complementary

#48B4AC #B44886 #B47648

monochromatic

#255D58 #378882 #48B4AC #72C7C1 #9ED8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#48B4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#48B4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B4AC

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B4AC	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.099 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbc4',
    500: '#48b4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b4ac;
$custom-light: #87cbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.556,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70583,
    "c": 0.09881,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B4AC

secondary

#C59397

accent

#555ED3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B4AC

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

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