#48A2AD#48A2AD

#48A2AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.087 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2AD
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 173)
HSL	hsl(187, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 6.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, -23.41, -13.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 27.17, 210.51°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% -0.0776 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.087 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1325, 30.2332, 44.1436)
Luminance	0.3024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2AD #AD5348

analogous

#48AD85 #48A2AD #486FAD

triadic

#48A2AD #AD48A2 #A2AD48

tetradic

#48A2AD #8548AD #AD5348 #6FAD48

square

#48A2AD #8548AD #AD5348 #6FAD48

split-complementary

#48A2AD #AD486F #AD8548

monochromatic

#245157 #367A82 #48A2AD #6FBAC3 #9ACFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#48A2AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#48A2AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2AD

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2AD	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969CAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8690AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.087 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bdc5',
    500: '#48a2ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2ad;
$custom-light: #85bdc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.535,
    "s": 41.224,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66217,
    "c": 0.08651,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2AD

secondary

#C1958F

accent

#6457D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2AD

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

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