#48A2A3#48A2A3

#48A2A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.085 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2A3
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 163)
HSL	hsl(181, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(181, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 0.6%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.53, -26.27, -8.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.53, 27.66, 198.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% -0.0819 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.085 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2009, 29.8606, 39.2369)
Luminance	0.2986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2A3 #A34948

analogous

#48A376 #48A2A3 #4874A3

triadic

#48A2A3 #A348A2 #A2A348

tetradic

#48A2A3 #7648A3 #A34948 #74A348

square

#48A2A3 #7648A3 #A34948 #74A348

split-complementary

#48A2A3 #A34874 #A37648

monochromatic

#224E4E #357879 #48A2A3 #6BBDBD #95D0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#48A2A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#48A2A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2A3

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2A3	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)

#989BA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8990A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.085 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bebe',
    500: '#48a2a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2a3;
$custom-light: #84bebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.659,
    "s": 38.723,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65852,
    "c": 0.08537,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2A3

secondary

#BC8B8B

accent

#5A59CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2A3

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

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