#48A6A4#48A6A4

#48A6A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.088 H 193.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A6A4
RGB	rgb(72, 166, 164)
HSL	hsl(179, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 0%, 1.2%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.78, -27.98, -7.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.78, 28.93, 194.71°)
OKLab	oklab(66.87% -0.086 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(66.87% 0.088 193.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0067, 31.3282, 39.9493)
Luminance	0.3133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A6A4 #A6484A

analogous

#48A675 #48A6A4 #4879A6

triadic

#48A6A4 #A448A6 #A6A448

tetradic

#48A6A4 #7548A6 #A6484A #79A648

square

#48A6A4 #7548A6 #A6484A #79A648

split-complementary

#48A6A4 #A64879 #A67548

monochromatic

#235150 #357B7A #48A6A4 #6CBFBD #97D2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#48A6A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#48A6A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A6A4

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A6A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A6A4	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)

#9D9EA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D93A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a6a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 166, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.088 193.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c1be',
    500: '#48a6a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a6a4;
$custom-light: #85c1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a6a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.723,
    "s": 39.496,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66871,
    "c": 0.08836,
    "h": 193.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A6A4

secondary

#BE8C8D

accent

#585BCF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A6A4

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

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