#48AAA9#48AAA9

#48AAA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.091 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AAA9
RGB	rgb(72, 170, 169)
HSL	hsl(179, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, -28.55, -8.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 29.68, 195.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% -0.0882 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.091 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2056, 32.9893, 42.6204)
Luminance	0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AAA9 #AA4849

analogous

#48AA78 #48AAA9 #487AAA

triadic

#48AAA9 #A948AA #AAA948

tetradic

#48AAA9 #7848AA #AA4849 #7AAA48

square

#48AAA9 #7848AA #AA4849 #7AAA48

split-complementary

#48AAA9 #AA487A #AA7848

monochromatic

#245454 #367F7E #48AAA9 #6EC1C1 #99D4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#48AAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#48AAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AAA9

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AAA9	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A2A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9097AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 170, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.091 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c3c2',
    500: '#48aaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aaa9;
$custom-light: #85c3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.388,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68027,
    "c": 0.09102,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AAA9

secondary

#C08E8E

accent

#5759D0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AAA9

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

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