#48B8B3#48B8B3

#48B8B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.101 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B8B3
RGB	rgb(72, 184, 179)
HSL	hsl(177, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -32.55, -6.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 33.27, 192.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.0989 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.101 191)
XYZ	xyz(27.9461, 38.9104, 48.6768)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B8B3 #B8484D

analogous

#48B87B #48B8B3 #4885B8

triadic

#48B8B3 #B348B8 #B8B348

tetradic

#48B8B3 #7B48B8 #B8484D #85B848

square

#48B8B3 #7B48B8 #B8484D #85B848

split-complementary

#48B8B3 #B84885 #B87B48

monochromatic

#25605E #368C89 #48B8B3 #74C9C5 #A0DAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#48B8B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#48B8B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B8B3

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B8B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B8B3	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAFB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA2B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b8b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 184, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.101 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cec9',
    500: '#48b8b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b8b3;
$custom-light: #88cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b8b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.321,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71795,
    "c": 0.10079,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.38913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B8B3

secondary

#C79597

accent

#545AD4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B8B3

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

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