#48AAA5#48AAA5

#48AAA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.092 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AAA5
RGB	rgb(72, 170, 165)
HSL	hsl(177, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 2.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, -29.66, -6.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 30.27, 191.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% -0.09 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.092 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8358, 32.8414, 40.6729)
Luminance	0.3284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AAA5 #AA484D

analogous

#48AA74 #48AAA5 #487EAA

triadic

#48AAA5 #A548AA #AAA548

tetradic

#48AAA5 #7448AA #AA484D #7EAA48

square

#48AAA5 #7448AA #AA484D #7EAA48

split-complementary

#48AAA5 #AA487E #AA7448

monochromatic

#245452 #367F7B #48AAA5 #6EC1BD #99D4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#48AAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#48AAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AAA5

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AAA5	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A2A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9196A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 170, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.092 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c3bf',
    500: '#48aaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aaa5;
$custom-light: #85c3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.939,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67891,
    "c": 0.09154,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AAA5

secondary

#C08E90

accent

#575ED0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AAA5

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

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