#48B6AE#48B6AE

#48B6AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.100 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B6AE
RGB	rgb(72, 182, 174)
HSL	hsl(176, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 0%, 4.4%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -32.96, -5.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 33.38, 189.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.099 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.1 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0370, 37.8868, 45.9242)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B6AE #B64850

analogous

#48B677 #48B6AE #4887B6

triadic

#48B6AE #AE48B6 #B6AE48

tetradic

#48B6AE #7748B6 #B64850 #87B648

square

#48B6AE #7748B6 #B64850 #87B648

split-complementary

#48B6AE #B64887 #B67748

monochromatic

#255E5A #378A84 #48B6AE #73C8C2 #9FD9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#48B6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#48B6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B6AE

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B6AE	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADADAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 182, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.100 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ccc6',
    500: '#48b6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b6ae;
$custom-light: #87ccc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.636,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7114,
    "c": 0.10011,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B6AE

secondary

#C69498

accent

#555ED3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B6AE

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

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