#48AAA4#48AAA4

#48AAA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.092 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AAA4
RGB	rgb(72, 170, 164)
HSL	hsl(176, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 3.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, -29.93, -5.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 30.44, 190.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% -0.0904 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.092 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.7451, 32.8051, 40.1954)
Luminance	0.3281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AAA4 #AA484E

analogous

#48AA73 #48AAA4 #487FAA

triadic

#48AAA4 #A448AA #AAA448

tetradic

#48AAA4 #7348AA #AA484E #7FAA48

square

#48AAA4 #7348AA #AA484E #7FAA48

split-complementary

#48AAA4 #AA487F #AA7348

monochromatic

#245451 #367F7B #48AAA4 #6EC1BC #99D4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#48AAA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#48AAA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AAA4

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AAA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AAA4	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A2A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9196A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aaa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 170, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.092 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c3be',
    500: '#48aaa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aaa4;
$custom-light: #85c3be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aaa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.327,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67857,
    "c": 0.09172,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AAA4

secondary

#C08E91

accent

#575FD0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AAA4

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

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