#48A8A8#48A8A8

#48A8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.090 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A8A8
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(180, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.51, -27.85, -8.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.51, 29.12, 196.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% -0.0864 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.09 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7400, 32.2078, 42.0038)
Luminance	0.3221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A8A8 #A84848

analogous

#48A878 #48A8A8 #4878A8

triadic

#48A8A8 #A848A8 #A8A848

tetradic

#48A8A8 #7848A8 #A84848 #78A848

square

#48A8A8 #7848A8 #A84848 #78A848

split-complementary

#48A8A8 #A84878 #A87848

monochromatic

#235252 #367D7D #48A8A8 #6DC0C0 #98D3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#48A8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#48A8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A8A8

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A8A8	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA1A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E95A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.090 195.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2c1',
    500: '#48a8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a8a8;
$custom-light: #85c2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67502,
    "c": 0.08958,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A8A8

secondary

#BF8D8D

accent

#5858D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A8A8

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

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