#48B8A3#48B8A3

#48B8A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.106 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B8A3
RGB	rgb(72, 184, 163)
HSL	hsl(169, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(169, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 11.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -36.79, 1.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 36.81, 178.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.1061 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.106 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4208, 38.3003, 40.6435)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B8A3 #B8485D

analogous

#48B86B #48B8A3 #4895B8

triadic

#48B8A3 #A348B8 #B8A348

tetradic

#48B8A3 #6B48B8 #B8485D #95B848

square

#48B8A3 #6B48B8 #B8485D #95B848

split-complementary

#48B8A3 #B84895 #B86B48

monochromatic

#256055 #368C7C #48B8A3 #74C9B9 #A0DACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#48B8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#48B8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B8A3

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B8A3	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AEA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A1A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 184, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.106 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cebe',
    500: '#48b8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b8a3;
$custom-light: #87cebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.75,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71286,
    "c": 0.10616,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B8A3

secondary

#C7959E

accent

#546CD4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B8A3

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

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