#48A4AF#48A4AF

#48A4AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.088 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A4AF
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 175)
HSL	hsl(186, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 6.3%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.53, -23.84, -13.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.53, 27.60, 210.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.78% -0.079 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(66.78% 0.088 206)
XYZ	xyz(23.6826, 31.0214, 45.2888)
Luminance	0.3102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A4AF #AF5348

analogous

#48AF86 #48A4AF #4870AF

triadic

#48A4AF #AF48A4 #A4AF48

tetradic

#48A4AF #8648AF #AF5348 #70AF48

square

#48A4AF #8648AF #AF5348 #70AF48

split-complementary

#48A4AF #AF4870 #AF8648

monochromatic

#245358 #367B84 #48A4AF #70BBC4 #9BD0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#48A4AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#48A4AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A4AF

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A4AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A4AF	1.00	2.91	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989EB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8892AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a4af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.088 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bfc6',
    500: '#48a4af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a4af;
$custom-light: #85bfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a4af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.408,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66779,
    "c": 0.08788,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.31024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A4AF

secondary

#C29690

accent

#6356D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A4AF

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

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