#48AAA0#48AAA0

#48AAA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.093 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AAA0
RGB	rgb(72, 170, 160)
HSL	hsl(174, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 5.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.89, -31.01, -3.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.89, 31.21, 186.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% -0.0922 -0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.093 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3896, 32.6629, 38.3228)
Luminance	0.3266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AAA0 #AA4852

analogous

#48AA6F #48AAA0 #4883AA

triadic

#48AAA0 #A048AA #AAA048

tetradic

#48AAA0 #6F48AA #AA4852 #83AA48

square

#48AAA0 #6F48AA #AA4852 #83AA48

split-complementary

#48AAA0 #AA4883 #AA6F48

monochromatic

#24544F #367F78 #48AAA0 #6EC1B9 #99D4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#48AAA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#48AAA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AAA0

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AAA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AAA0	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A1A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9396A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aaa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 170, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.093 186.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c3bc',
    500: '#48aaa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aaa0;
$custom-light: #85c3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aaa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.878,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67725,
    "c": 0.09275,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AAA0

secondary

#C08E93

accent

#5764D0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AAA0

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

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