#48A2AA#48A2AA

#48A2AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.086 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2AA
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 170)
HSL	hsl(185, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 4.7%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.76, -24.28, -12.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.76, 27.19, 206.78°)
OKLab	oklab(66.11% -0.0789 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(66.11% 0.086 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.8455, 30.1184, 42.6319)
Luminance	0.3012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2AA #AA5048

analogous

#48AA81 #48A2AA #4871AA

triadic

#48A2AA #AA48A2 #A2AA48

tetradic

#48A2AA #8148AA #AA5048 #71AA48

square

#48A2AA #8148AA #AA5048 #71AA48

split-complementary

#48A2AA #AA4871 #AA8148

monochromatic

#245054 #36797F #48A2AA #6EBBC1 #99CFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#48A2AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#48A2AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2AA

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2AA	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)

#979CAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8790AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.086 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bec3',
    500: '#48a2aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2aa;
$custom-light: #85bec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.898,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66105,
    "c": 0.08588,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2AA

secondary

#C0928E

accent

#6157D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2AA

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

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