#48B9B2#48B9B2

#48B9B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.102 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48B9B2
RGBrgb(72, 185, 178)
HSLhsl(176, 45%, 50%)
HSVhsv(176, 61%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(61.1%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.96, -33.30, -5.96)
CIE-LCHlch(68.96, 33.83, 190.15°)
OKLaboklab(72.01% -0.1004 -0.0167)
OKLCHoklch(72.01% 0.102 189.4)
XYZxyz(28.0538, 39.2870, 48.2155)
Luminance0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48B9B2 #B9484F
analogous
#48B979 #48B9B2 #4887B9
triadic
#48B9B2 #B248B9 #B9B248
tetradic
#48B9B2 #7948B9 #B9484F #87B948
square
#48B9B2 #7948B9 #B9484F #87B948
split-complementary
#48B9B2 #B94887 #B97948
monochromatic
#25615E #368E88 #48B9B2 #74CAC5 #A1DBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37
#48B9B2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86
#48B9B2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B9B2
8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48B9B2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48B9B21.002.378.868.86
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8621.001.001.00
##0000008.8621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AFB0B2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9EA3B3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEB7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48b9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.102 189.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cec9',
    500: '#48b9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48b9b2;
$custom-light: #88cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48b9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.283,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72006,
    "c": 0.10181,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48B9B2
secondary
#C89598
accent
#535BD4
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1313
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

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#48B9B2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva