#48B6B3#48B6B3

#48B6B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.099 H 192.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B6B3
RGB	rgb(72, 182, 179)
HSL	hsl(178, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 0%, 1.6%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -31.59, -7.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 32.55, 193.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.0968 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.099 192.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5335, 38.0854, 48.5393)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B6B3 #B6484B

analogous

#48B67C #48B6B3 #4882B6

triadic

#48B6B3 #B348B6 #B6B348

tetradic

#48B6B3 #7C48B6 #B6484B #82B648

square

#48B6B3 #7C48B6 #B6484B #82B648

split-complementary

#48B6B3 #B64882 #B67C48

monochromatic

#255E5D #378A88 #48B6B3 #73C8C5 #9FD9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#48B6B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#48B6B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B6B3

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B6B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B6B3	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACADB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA1B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b6b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 182, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.099 192.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ccc9',
    500: '#48b6b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b6b3;
$custom-light: #87ccc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b6b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.364,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71307,
    "c": 0.09919,
    "h": 192.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B6B3

secondary

#C69495

accent

#5558D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B6B3

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

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