#48A8A7#48A8A7

#48A8A7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.090 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A8A7
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 167)
HSL	hsl(179, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 0.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, -28.13, -7.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 29.24, 195.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% -0.0869 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.09 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6472, 32.1706, 41.5151)
Luminance	0.3217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A8A7 #A84849

analogous

#48A877 #48A8A7 #4879A8

triadic

#48A8A7 #A748A8 #A8A748

tetradic

#48A8A7 #7748A8 #A84849 #79A848

square

#48A8A7 #7748A8 #A84849 #79A848

split-complementary

#48A8A7 #A84879 #A87748

monochromatic

#235252 #367D7C #48A8A7 #6DC0BF #98D3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#48A8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#48A8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A8A7

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A8A7	1.00	2.82	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA0A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F95A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.090 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2c1',
    500: '#48a8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a8a7;
$custom-light: #85c2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.375,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67467,
    "c": 0.08965,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A8A7

secondary

#BF8D8D

accent

#5859D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A8A7

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

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