#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
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 172)
HSL	hsl(173, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 0%, 7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -34.91, -2.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 35.03, 184.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.1031 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.103 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4645, 39.0513, 45.1120)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48B9AC	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B9AC

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

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