#48B6B2#48B6B2

#48B6B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.099 H 191.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48B6B2
RGBrgb(72, 182, 178)
HSLhsl(178, 43%, 50%)
HSVhsv(178, 60%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(60.4%, 0%, 2.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LABlab(68.05, -31.87, -7.30)
CIE-LCHlch(68.05, 32.70, 192.91°)
OKLaboklab(71.27% -0.0972 -0.0203)
OKLCHoklch(71.27% 0.099 191.8)
XYZxyz(27.4328, 38.0451, 48.0086)
Luminance0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48B6B2 #B6484C
analogous
#48B67B #48B6B2 #4883B6
triadic
#48B6B2 #B248B6 #B6B248
tetradic
#48B6B2 #7B48B6 #B6484C #83B648
square
#48B6B2 #7B48B6 #B6484C #83B648
split-complementary
#48B6B2 #B64883 #B67B48
monochromatic
#255E5C #378A87 #48B6B2 #73C8C5 #9FD9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44
#48B6B2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61
#48B6B2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B6B2
8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48B6B2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48B6B21.002.448.618.61
#FFFFFF2.441.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6121.001.001.00
##0000008.6121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ACADB2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9AA0B3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BBB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48b6b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 182, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.099 191.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ccc9',
    500: '#48b6b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48b6b2;
$custom-light: #87ccc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48b6b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.818,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71273,
    "c": 0.09933,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48B6B2
secondary
#C69496
accent
#5559D3
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1313
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

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#48B6B2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva