#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
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 178)
HSL	hsl(176, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -33.30, -5.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 33.83, 190.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.1004 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.102 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0538, 39.2870, 48.2155)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48B9B2	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48B9B2

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

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