#48AAA6#48AAA6

#48AAA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.091 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AAA6
RGB	rgb(72, 170, 166)
HSL	hsl(178, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(178, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 2.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.06, -29.38, -6.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.06, 30.11, 192.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% -0.0895 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.091 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9272, 32.8779, 41.1541)
Luminance	0.3288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AAA6 #AA484C

analogous

#48AA75 #48AAA6 #487DAA

triadic

#48AAA6 #A648AA #AAA648

tetradic

#48AAA6 #7548AA #AA484C #7DAA48

square

#48AAA6 #7548AA #AA484C #7DAA48

split-complementary

#48AAA6 #AA487D #AA7548

monochromatic

#245452 #367F7C #48AAA6 #6EC1BE #99D4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#48AAA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#48AAA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AAA6

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AAA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AAA6	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A2A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9196A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aaa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 170, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.091 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c3c0',
    500: '#48aaa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aaa6;
$custom-light: #85c3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aaa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.551,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67925,
    "c": 0.09137,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AAA6

secondary

#C08E90

accent

#575CD0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AAA6

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

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