#48A5AE#48A5AE

#48A5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.088 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A5AE
RGB	rgb(72, 165, 174)
HSL	hsl(185, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 5.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, -24.64, -12.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 27.83, 207.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% -0.0805 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.088 204)
XYZ	xyz(23.7644, 31.3416, 44.8333)
Luminance	0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A5AE #AE5148

analogous

#48AE84 #48A5AE #4872AE

triadic

#48A5AE #AE48A5 #A5AE48

tetradic

#48A5AE #8448AE #AE5148 #72AE48

square

#48A5AE #8448AE #AE5148 #72AE48

split-complementary

#48A5AE #AE4872 #AE8448

monochromatic

#245357 #367C83 #48A5AE #70BCC4 #9BD0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#48A5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#48A5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A5AE

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A5AE	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999FAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8993AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 165, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.088 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c0c6',
    500: '#48a5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a5ae;
$custom-light: #85c0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.294,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66985,
    "c": 0.08812,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.31344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A5AE

secondary

#C29490

accent

#6157D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A5AE

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

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