#48AABB#48AABB

#48AABB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.094 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AABB
RGB	rgb(72, 170, 187)
HSL	hsl(189, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 9.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, -23.36, -17.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 29.05, 216.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.0805 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.094 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0132, 33.7123, 52.1403)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AABB #BB5948

analogous

#48BB93 #48AABB #4870BB

triadic

#48AABB #BB48AA #AABB48

tetradic

#48AABB #9348BB #BB5948 #70BB48

square

#48AABB #9348BB #BB5948 #70BB48

split-complementary

#48AABB #BB4870 #BB9348

monochromatic

#255A64 #368390 #48AABB #75BFCC #A1D3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#48AABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#48AABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AABB

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AABB	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aabb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 170, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.094 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c3cf',
    500: '#48aabb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aabb;
$custom-light: #87c3cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aabb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.87,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68689,
    "c": 0.09371,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AABB

secondary

#C99D96

accent

#6652D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AABB

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

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