#48ABA2#48ABA2

#48ABA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.093 H 187.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABA2
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 162)
HSL	hsl(175, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(175, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 5.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.25, -30.96, -4.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.25, 31.22, 187.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% -0.0924 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.093 187.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7541, 33.1098, 39.3144)
Luminance	0.3311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABA2 #AB4851

analogous

#48AB70 #48ABA2 #4883AB

triadic

#48ABA2 #A248AB #ABA248

tetradic

#48ABA2 #7048AB #AB4851 #83AB48

square

#48ABA2 #7048AB #AB4851 #83AB48

split-complementary

#48ABA2 #AB4883 #AB7048

monochromatic

#245550 #368079 #48ABA2 #6EC2BA #99D4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#48ABA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#48ABA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABA2

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABA2	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A2A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9397A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.093 187.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c4bd',
    500: '#48aba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aba2;
$custom-light: #85c4bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68038,
    "c": 0.09313,
    "h": 187.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABA2

secondary

#C08E93

accent

#5762D1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABA2

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

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