#48C8B2#48C8B2

#48C8B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.116 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8B2
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 178)
HSL	hsl(170, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(170, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 11%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, -40.19, 0.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 40.19, 179.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.1162 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.116 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3588, 45.8972, 49.3172)
Luminance	0.4590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8B2 #C8485E

analogous

#48C872 #48C8B2 #489EC8

triadic

#48C8B2 #B248C8 #C8B248

tetradic

#48C8B2 #7248C8 #C8485E #9EC848

square

#48C8B2 #7248C8 #C8485E #9EC848

split-complementary

#48C8B2 #C8489E #C87248

monochromatic

#237365 #31A28F #48C8B2 #77D6C6 #A6E4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#48C8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#48C8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8B2

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8B2	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BCB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAFB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.116 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad9c9',
    500: '#48c8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8b2;
$custom-light: #8ad9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.688,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75678,
    "c": 0.1162,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8B2

secondary

#D19AA4

accent

#4B64DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8B2

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

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