#48AAA1#48AAA1

#48AAA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.092 H 187.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AAA1
RGB	rgb(72, 170, 161)
HSL	hsl(174, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 5.3%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, -30.75, -3.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 31.00, 187.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% -0.0918 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.092 187)
XYZ	xyz(23.4774, 32.6980, 38.7854)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AAA1 #AA4851

analogous

#48AA70 #48AAA1 #4882AA

triadic

#48AAA1 #A148AA #AAA148

tetradic

#48AAA1 #7048AA #AA4851 #82AA48

square

#48AAA1 #7048AA #AA4851 #82AA48

split-complementary

#48AAA1 #AA4882 #AA7048

monochromatic

#245450 #367F78 #48AAA1 #6EC1BA #99D4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#48AAA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#48AAA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AAA1

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AAA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AAA1	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A1A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9296A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aaa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 170, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.092 187.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c3bc',
    500: '#48aaa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aaa1;
$custom-light: #85c3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aaa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.49,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67758,
    "c": 0.09245,
    "h": 187
  },
  "luminance": 0.327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AAA1

secondary

#C08E93

accent

#5763D0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AAA1

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

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