#48A3AF#48A3AF

#48A3AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.087 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A3AF
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 175)
HSL	hsl(187, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.22, -23.33, -14.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.22, 27.40, 211.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% -0.0779 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.087 207)
XYZ	xyz(23.5044, 30.6649, 45.2294)
Luminance	0.3067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A3AF #AF5448

analogous

#48AF87 #48A3AF #486FAF

triadic

#48A3AF #AF48A3 #A3AF48

tetradic

#48A3AF #8748AF #AF5448 #6FAF48

square

#48A3AF #8748AF #AF5448 #6FAF48

split-complementary

#48A3AF #AF486F #AF8748

monochromatic

#245258 #367B84 #48A3AF #70BAC4 #9BCFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#48A3AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#48A3AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A3AF

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A3AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A3AF	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979DB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8791AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a3af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.087 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bec6',
    500: '#48a3af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a3af;
$custom-light: #85bec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a3af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.99,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66536,
    "c": 0.08746,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.30667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A3AF

secondary

#C29690

accent

#6556D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A3AF

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

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