#48AAA3#48AAA3

#48AAA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.092 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AAA3
RGB	rgb(72, 170, 163)
HSL	hsl(176, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 4.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, -30.20, -5.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 30.62, 189.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% -0.0909 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.092 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.6552, 32.7691, 39.7217)
Luminance	0.3277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AAA3 #AA484F

analogous

#48AA72 #48AAA3 #4880AA

triadic

#48AAA3 #A348AA #AAA348

tetradic

#48AAA3 #7248AA #AA484F #80AA48

square

#48AAA3 #7248AA #AA484F #80AA48

split-complementary

#48AAA3 #AA4880 #AA7248

monochromatic

#245451 #367F7A #48AAA3 #6EC1BB #99D4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#48AAA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#48AAA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AAA3

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AAA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AAA3	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)

#A1A2A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9296A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aaa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 170, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.092 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c3be',
    500: '#48aaa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aaa3;
$custom-light: #85c3be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aaa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.714,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67824,
    "c": 0.09194,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AAA3

secondary

#C08E91

accent

#5760D0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AAA3

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

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