#48A2A9#48A2A9

#48A2A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.086 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2A9
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 169)
HSL	hsl(184, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(184, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 4.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, -24.57, -11.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 27.23, 205.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% -0.0793 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.086 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7513, 30.0807, 42.1356)
Luminance	0.3008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2A9 #A94F48

analogous

#48A980 #48A2A9 #4872A9

triadic

#48A2A9 #A948A2 #A2A948

tetradic

#48A2A9 #8048A9 #A94F48 #72A948

square

#48A2A9 #8048A9 #A94F48 #72A948

split-complementary

#48A2A9 #A94872 #A98048

monochromatic

#235053 #36797E #48A2A9 #6DBBC1 #98CFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#48A2A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#48A2A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2A9

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2A9	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979CAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8890A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.086 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bec2',
    500: '#48a2a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2a9;
$custom-light: #85bec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.33,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66068,
    "c": 0.08572,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2A9

secondary

#BF918D

accent

#6058D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2A9

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

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