#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
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 162)
HSL	hsl(179, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(179, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 0%, 0.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.81, -27.05, -7.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.81, 28.12, 195.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.06% -0.0835 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(66.06% 0.086 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2885, 30.1786, 38.8259)
Luminance	0.3018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48A3A2	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48A3A2

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

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