#48A4A2#48A4A2

#48A4A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.087 H 193.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A4A2
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 162)
HSL	hsl(179, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(179, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 1.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.11, -27.54, -7.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.11, 28.47, 194.69°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% -0.0846 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.087 193.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4668, 30.5351, 38.8853)
Luminance	0.3054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A4A2 #A4484A

analogous

#48A474 #48A4A2 #4878A4

triadic

#48A4A2 #A248A4 #A4A248

tetradic

#48A4A2 #7448A4 #A4484A #78A448

square

#48A4A2 #7448A4 #A4484A #78A448

split-complementary

#48A4A2 #A44878 #A47448

monochromatic

#234F4E #357978 #48A4A2 #6BBEBC #96D1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#48A4A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#48A4A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A4A2

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A4A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A4A2	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9DA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C91A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a4a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.087 193.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfbd',
    500: '#48a4a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a4a2;
$custom-light: #84bfbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a4a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.696,
    "s": 38.983,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66309,
    "c": 0.08697,
    "h": 193.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A4A2

secondary

#BD8B8C

accent

#595BCF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A4A2

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

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