#48A2AF#48A2AF

#48A2AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.087 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2AF
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 175)
HSL	hsl(188, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 7.4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.92, -22.82, -14.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.92, 27.21, 212.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% -0.0768 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.087 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3275, 30.3112, 45.1704)
Luminance	0.3031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2AF #AF5548

analogous

#48AF88 #48A2AF #486EAF

triadic

#48A2AF #AF48A2 #A2AF48

tetradic

#48A2AF #8848AF #AF5548 #6EAF48

square

#48A2AF #8848AF #AF5548 #6EAF48

split-complementary

#48A2AF #AF486E #AF8848

monochromatic

#245258 #367A84 #48A2AF #70BAC4 #9BCFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#48A2AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#48A2AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2AF

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2AF	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959CB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8691AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.087 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bdc6',
    500: '#48a2af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2af;
$custom-light: #85bdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.573,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66293,
    "c": 0.08706,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2AF

secondary

#C29790

accent

#6656D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2AF

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

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