#48A4AA#48A4AA

#48A4AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.087 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A4AA
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 170)
HSL	hsl(184, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(184, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 3.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.36, -25.29, -11.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.36, 27.72, 204.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% -0.0811 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.087 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2006, 30.8286, 42.7503)
Luminance	0.3083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A4AA #AA4E48

analogous

#48AA7F #48A4AA #4873AA

triadic

#48A4AA #AA48A4 #A4AA48

tetradic

#48A4AA #7F48AA #AA4E48 #73AA48

square

#48A4AA #7F48AA #AA4E48 #73AA48

split-complementary

#48A4AA #AA4873 #AA7F48

monochromatic

#245154 #367B7F #48A4AA #6EBCC1 #99D0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#48A4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#48A4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A4AA

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A4AA	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999DAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8992AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.087 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bfc3',
    500: '#48a4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a4aa;
$custom-light: #85bfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.673,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66593,
    "c": 0.08699,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A4AA

secondary

#C0918E

accent

#5F57D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A4AA

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

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