#48A3A2#48A3A2

#48A3A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.086 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48A3A2
RGBrgb(72, 163, 162)
HSLhsl(179, 39%, 46%)
HSVhsv(179, 56%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(55.8%, 0%, 0.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LABlab(61.81, -27.05, -7.67)
CIE-LCHlch(61.81, 28.12, 195.84°)
OKLaboklab(66.06% -0.0835 -0.0213)
OKLCHoklch(66.06% 0.086 194.3)
XYZxyz(22.2885, 30.1786, 38.8259)
Luminance0.3018 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48A3A2 #A34849
analogous
#48A374 #48A3A2 #4876A3
triadic
#48A3A2 #A248A3 #A3A248
tetradic
#48A3A2 #7448A3 #A34849 #76A348
square
#48A3A2 #7448A3 #A34849 #76A348
split-complementary
#48A3A2 #A34876 #A37448
monochromatic
#224E4E #357978 #48A3A2 #6BBDBD #95D0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98
#48A3A2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04
#48A3A2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A3A2
7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48A3A2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48A3A21.002.987.047.04
#FFFFFF2.981.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0421.001.001.00
##0000007.0421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9A9CA2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8B91A3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A8A2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48a3a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.086 194.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bebd',
    500: '#48a3a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48a3a2;
$custom-light: #84bebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48a3a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.341,
    "s": 38.723,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66063,
    "c": 0.08617,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48A3A2
secondary
#BC8B8B
accent
#595ACF
background
#F8FBFB
surface
#F0F7F6
border
#CBD0D0
text
#0C1212
muted
#7D8181

Preview Lab

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#48A3A2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva