#48A0AF#48A0AF

#48A0AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.086 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A0AF
RGB	rgb(72, 160, 175)
HSL	hsl(189, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 8.6%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.32, -21.79, -15.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.32, 26.87, 215.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% -0.0746 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.086 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9780, 29.6122, 45.0539)
Luminance	0.2961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A0AF #AF5748

analogous

#48AF8A #48A0AF #486CAF

triadic

#48A0AF #AF48A0 #A0AF48

tetradic

#48A0AF #8A48AF #AF5748 #6CAF48

square

#48A0AF #8A48AF #AF5748 #6CAF48

split-complementary

#48A0AF #AF486C #AF8A48

monochromatic

#245158 #367884 #48A0AF #70B8C4 #9BCDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#48A0AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#48A0AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A0AF

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A0AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A0AF	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a0af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 160, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.086 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bcc6',
    500: '#48a0af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a0af;
$custom-light: #85bcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a0af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.738,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65808,
    "c": 0.08638,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A0AF

secondary

#C29890

accent

#6856D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A0AF

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

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