#48AAA2#48AAA2

#48AAA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.092 H 187.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AAA2
RGB	rgb(72, 170, 162)
HSL	hsl(175, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 4.7%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, -30.48, -4.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 30.81, 188.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% -0.0913 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.092 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5659, 32.7335, 39.2517)
Luminance	0.3274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AAA2 #AA4850

analogous

#48AA71 #48AAA2 #4881AA

triadic

#48AAA2 #A248AA #AAA248

tetradic

#48AAA2 #7148AA #AA4850 #81AA48

square

#48AAA2 #7148AA #AA4850 #81AA48

split-complementary

#48AAA2 #AA4881 #AA7148

monochromatic

#245450 #367F79 #48AAA2 #6EC1BB #99D4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#48AAA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#48AAA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AAA2

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AAA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AAA2	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A2A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9296A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aaa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 170, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.092 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c3bd',
    500: '#48aaa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aaa2;
$custom-light: #85c3bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aaa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.102,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6779,
    "c": 0.09218,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AAA2

secondary

#C08E92

accent

#5761D0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AAA2

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

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