#48B8A2#48B8A2

#48B8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.107 H 177.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B8A2
RGB	rgb(72, 184, 162)
HSL	hsl(168, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 12%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -37.05, 1.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 37.09, 177.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.1066 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.107 177.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.3315, 38.2646, 40.1735)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B8A2 #B8485E

analogous

#48B86A #48B8A2 #4896B8

triadic

#48B8A2 #A248B8 #B8A248

tetradic

#48B8A2 #6A48B8 #B8485E #96B848

square

#48B8A2 #6A48B8 #B8485E #96B848

split-complementary

#48B8A2 #B84896 #B86A48

monochromatic

#256055 #368C7B #48B8A2 #74C9B8 #A0DACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#48B8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#48B8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B8A2

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B8A2	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1ADA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A1A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 184, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.107 177.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cebd',
    500: '#48b8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b8a2;
$custom-light: #87cebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.214,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71257,
    "c": 0.10667,
    "h": 177.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B8A2

secondary

#C7959F

accent

#546DD4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B8A2

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

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