#48B8A0#48B8A0

#48B8A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.108 H 176.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B8A0
RGB	rgb(72, 184, 160)
HSL	hsl(167, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(167, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 13%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -37.55, 2.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 37.66, 175.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% -0.1075 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.108 176.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1552, 38.1941, 39.2447)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B8A0 #B84860

analogous

#48B868 #48B8A0 #4898B8

triadic

#48B8A0 #A048B8 #B8A048

tetradic

#48B8A0 #6848B8 #B84860 #98B848

square

#48B8A0 #6848B8 #B84860 #98B848

split-complementary

#48B8A0 #B84898 #B86848

monochromatic

#256054 #368C7A #48B8A0 #74C9B7 #A0DACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#48B8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#48B8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B8A0

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B8A0	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AD9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A1A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 184, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.108 176.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cebc',
    500: '#48b8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b8a0;
$custom-light: #87cebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.143,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71197,
    "c": 0.10773,
    "h": 176.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B8A0

secondary

#C795A0

accent

#546FD4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B8A0

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

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