#48A8A2#48A8A2

#48A8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.090 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A8A2
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(176, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 3.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.33, -29.51, -5.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.33, 30.00, 190.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% -0.0891 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.09 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1939, 31.9893, 39.1277)
Luminance	0.3199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A8A2 #A8484E

analogous

#48A872 #48A8A2 #487EA8

triadic

#48A8A2 #A248A8 #A8A248

tetradic

#48A8A2 #7248A8 #A8484E #7EA848

square

#48A8A2 #7248A8 #A8484E #7EA848

split-complementary

#48A8A2 #A8487E #A87248

monochromatic

#23524F #367D79 #48A8A2 #6DC0BB #98D3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#48A8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#48A8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A8A2

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A8A2	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9095A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.090 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2bd',
    500: '#48a8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a8a2;
$custom-light: #85c2bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.25,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67296,
    "c": 0.09036,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A8A2

secondary

#BF8D90

accent

#585FD0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A8A2

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

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