#48B9AC#48B9AC

#48B9AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.103 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48B9AC
RGBrgb(72, 185, 172)
HSLhsl(173, 45%, 50%)
HSVhsv(173, 61%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(61.1%, 0%, 7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.79, -34.91, -2.91)
CIE-LCHlch(68.79, 35.03, 184.77°)
OKLaboklab(71.81% -0.1031 -0.0084)
OKLCHoklch(71.81% 0.103 184.7)
XYZxyz(27.4645, 39.0513, 45.1120)
Luminance0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48B9AC #B94855
analogous
#48B973 #48B9AC #488EB9
triadic
#48B9AC #AC48B9 #B9AC48
tetradic
#48B9AC #7348B9 #B94855 #8EB948
square
#48B9AC #7348B9 #B94855 #8EB948
split-complementary
#48B9AC #B9488E #B97348
monochromatic
#25615A #368E84 #48B9AC #74CAC0 #A1DBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38
#48B9AC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81
#48B9AC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B9AC
8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48B9AC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48B9AC1.002.388.818.81
#FFFFFF2.381.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8121.001.001.00
##0000008.8121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B0AFAC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9FA3AD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BDB5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48b9ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.103 184.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cec4',
    500: '#48b9ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48b9ac;
$custom-light: #87cec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48b9ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.097,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71812,
    "c": 0.10345,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48B9AC
secondary
#C8959B
accent
#5362D4
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1412
muted
#7D8281

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#48B9AC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva