#48B4AF#48B4AF

#48B4AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.098 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B4AF
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 175)
HSL	hsl(177, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 2.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -31.74, -6.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 32.43, 191.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0964 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.098 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7282, 37.1126, 46.3040)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B4AF #B4484D

analogous

#48B479 #48B4AF #4883B4

triadic

#48B4AF #AF48B4 #B4AF48

tetradic

#48B4AF #7948B4 #B4484D #83B448

square

#48B4AF #7948B4 #B4484D #83B448

split-complementary

#48B4AF #B44883 #B47948

monochromatic

#255D5A #378885 #48B4AF #72C7C3 #9ED8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#48B4AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#48B4AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B4AF

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B4AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B4AF	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	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)

#AAABAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999FB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b4af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.098 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbc6',
    500: '#48b4af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b4af;
$custom-light: #87cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b4af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.222,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70683,
    "c": 0.0982,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B4AF

secondary

#C59395

accent

#555BD3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B4AF

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

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