#48A4AC#48A4AC

#48A4AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.087 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A4AC
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 172)
HSL	hsl(185, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 4.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.43, -24.71, -12.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.43, 27.64, 206.59°)
OKLab	oklab(66.67% -0.0803 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(66.67% 0.087 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3912, 30.9049, 43.7542)
Luminance	0.3091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A4AC #AC5048

analogous

#48AC82 #48A4AC #4872AC

triadic

#48A4AC #AC48A4 #A4AC48

tetradic

#48A4AC #8248AC #AC5048 #72AC48

square

#48A4AC #8248AC #AC5048 #72AC48

split-complementary

#48A4AC #AC4872 #AC8248

monochromatic

#245256 #367B81 #48A4AC #6FBCC3 #9AD0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#48A4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#48A4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A4AC

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A4AC	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989EAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8992AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.087 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bfc4',
    500: '#48a4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a4ac;
$custom-light: #85bfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.8,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66667,
    "c": 0.08727,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A4AC

secondary

#C1938F

accent

#6157D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A4AC

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

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