#48CAB2#48CAB2

#48CAB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.118 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CAB2
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 178)
HSL	hsl(169, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(169, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 11.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, -41.08, 1.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 41.11, 177.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.1183 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.118 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8251, 46.8297, 49.4726)
Luminance	0.4683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CAB2 #CA4860

analogous

#48CA71 #48CAB2 #48A1CA

triadic

#48CAB2 #B248CA #CAB248

tetradic

#48CAB2 #7148CA #CA4860 #A1CA48

square

#48CAB2 #7148CA #CA4860 #A1CA48

split-complementary

#48CAB2 #CA48A1 #CA7148

monochromatic

#227666 #30A58F #48CAB2 #77D8C6 #A7E5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#48CAB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#48CAB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CAB2

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CAB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CAB2	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BEB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB0B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.118 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adbc9',
    500: '#48cab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cab2;
$custom-light: #8adbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.923,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76168,
    "c": 0.11831,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CAB2

secondary

#D39BA5

accent

#4965DE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CAB2

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

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