#48AABA#48AABA

#48AABA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.093 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AABA
RGB	rgb(72, 170, 186)
HSL	hsl(188, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 8.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, -23.66, -16.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 29.00, 215.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% -0.0809 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.093 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9065, 33.6697, 51.5785)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AABA #BA5848

analogous

#48BA91 #48AABA #4871BA

triadic

#48AABA #BA48AA #AABA48

tetradic

#48AABA #9148BA #BA5848 #71BA48

square

#48AABA #9148BA #BA5848 #71BA48

split-complementary

#48AABA #BA4871 #BA9148

monochromatic

#255A62 #36828F #48AABA #74BFCB #A1D3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#48AABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#48AABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AABA

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AABA	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA4BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aaba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 170, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.093 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c3ce',
    500: '#48aaba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aaba;
$custom-light: #87c3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aaba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.421,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6865,
    "c": 0.09335,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AABA

secondary

#C89D96

accent

#6553D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AABA

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

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