#48A3AD#48A3AD

#48A3AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.087 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A3AD
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 173)
HSL	hsl(186, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 5.8%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.16, -23.92, -13.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.16, 27.38, 209.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% -0.0787 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.087 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3094, 30.5869, 44.2025)
Luminance	0.3059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A3AD #AD5248

analogous

#48AD84 #48A3AD #4870AD

triadic

#48A3AD #AD48A3 #A3AD48

tetradic

#48A3AD #8448AD #AD5248 #70AD48

square

#48A3AD #8448AD #AD5248 #70AD48

split-complementary

#48A3AD #AD4870 #AD8448

monochromatic

#245257 #367A82 #48A3AD #6FBBC3 #9ACFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#48A3AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#48A3AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A3AD

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A3AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A3AD	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979DAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8791AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a3ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.087 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bec5',
    500: '#48a3ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a3ad;
$custom-light: #85bec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a3ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.941,
    "s": 41.224,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6646,
    "c": 0.08697,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A3AD

secondary

#C1948F

accent

#6357D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A3AD

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

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