#48B4AE#48B4AE

#48B4AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.098 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B4AE
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 174)
HSL	hsl(177, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -32.01, -6.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 32.60, 190.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0969 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.098 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6304, 37.0735, 45.7886)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B4AE #B4484E

analogous

#48B478 #48B4AE #4884B4

triadic

#48B4AE #AE48B4 #B4AE48

tetradic

#48B4AE #7848B4 #B4484E #84B448

square

#48B4AE #7848B4 #B4484E #84B448

split-complementary

#48B4AE #B44884 #B47848

monochromatic

#255D59 #378884 #48B4AE #72C7C2 #9ED8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#48B4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#48B4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B4AE

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B4AE	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.098 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbc6',
    500: '#48b4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b4ae;
$custom-light: #87cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7065,
    "c": 0.09838,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B4AE

secondary

#C59396

accent

#555CD3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B4AE

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

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