#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
RGB	rgb(72, 182, 178)
HSL	hsl(178, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 0%, 2.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, -31.87, -7.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 32.70, 192.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.0972 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.099 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4328, 38.0451, 48.0086)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48B6B2	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48B6B2

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

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