#48AAA8#48AAA8

#48AAA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.091 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AAA8
RGB	rgb(72, 170, 168)
HSL	hsl(179, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 1.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, -28.83, -7.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 29.82, 194.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.99% -0.0886 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(67.99% 0.091 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1121, 32.9519, 42.1278)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AAA8 #AA484A

analogous

#48AA77 #48AAA8 #487BAA

triadic

#48AAA8 #A848AA #AAA848

tetradic

#48AAA8 #7748AA #AA484A #7BAA48

square

#48AAA8 #7748AA #AA484A #7BAA48

split-complementary

#48AAA8 #AA487B #AA7748

monochromatic

#245453 #367F7E #48AAA8 #6EC1C0 #99D4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#48AAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#48AAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AAA8

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AAA8	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A2A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9096A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aaa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 170, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.091 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c3c1',
    500: '#48aaa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aaa8;
$custom-light: #85c3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aaa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.776,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67993,
    "c": 0.09111,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AAA8

secondary

#C08E8F

accent

#575AD0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AAA8

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

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