#48A4A3#48A4A3

#48A4A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.087 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A4A3
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 163)
HSL	hsl(179, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(179, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 0.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.14, -27.27, -7.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.14, 28.34, 195.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.34% -0.0842 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(66.34% 0.087 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.5560, 30.5708, 39.3553)
Luminance	0.3057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A4A3 #A44849

analogous

#48A475 #48A4A3 #4877A4

triadic

#48A4A3 #A348A4 #A4A348

tetradic

#48A4A3 #7548A4 #A44849 #77A448

square

#48A4A3 #7548A4 #A44849 #77A448

split-complementary

#48A4A3 #A44877 #A47548

monochromatic

#234F4E #357979 #48A4A3 #6BBEBD #96D1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#48A4A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#48A4A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A4A3

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A4A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A4A3	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)

#9B9DA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B91A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a4a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.087 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bfbe',
    500: '#48a4a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a4a3;
$custom-light: #84bfbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a4a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.348,
    "s": 38.983,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66344,
    "c": 0.08688,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A4A3

secondary

#BD8B8C

accent

#595ACF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A4A3

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

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