#48A2A2#48A2A2

#48A2A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.085 H 195.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2A2
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 162)
HSL	hsl(180, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(180, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, -26.55, -8.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 27.77, 197.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% -0.0824 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.085 195.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.1116, 29.8249, 38.7669)
Luminance	0.2983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2A2 #A24848

analogous

#48A275 #48A2A2 #4875A2

triadic

#48A2A2 #A248A2 #A2A248

tetradic

#48A2A2 #7548A2 #A24848 #75A248

square

#48A2A2 #7548A2 #A24848 #75A248

split-complementary

#48A2A2 #A24875 #A27548

monochromatic

#224D4D #357878 #48A2A2 #6ABDBD #95D0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#48A2A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#48A2A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2A2

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2A2	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989BA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A90A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.085 195.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bebd',
    500: '#48a2a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2a2;
$custom-light: #84bebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65816,
    "c": 0.08541,
    "h": 195.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2A2

secondary

#BC8A8A

accent

#5959CE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2A2

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

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