#48ABA3#48ABA3

#48ABA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.093 H 187.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABA3
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 163)
HSL	hsl(175, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(175, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 4.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, -30.69, -4.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 31.03, 188.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% -0.092 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.093 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8434, 33.1455, 39.7844)
Luminance	0.3315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABA3 #AB4850

analogous

#48AB72 #48ABA3 #4881AB

triadic

#48ABA3 #A348AB #ABA348

tetradic

#48ABA3 #7248AB #AB4850 #81AB48

square

#48ABA3 #7248AB #AB4850 #81AB48

split-complementary

#48ABA3 #AB4881 #AB7248

monochromatic

#245551 #36807A #48ABA3 #6EC2BB #99D4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#48ABA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#48ABA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABA3

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABA3	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A3A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9397A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.093 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c4be',
    500: '#48aba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aba3;
$custom-light: #85c4be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.152,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68071,
    "c": 0.09286,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABA3

secondary

#C08E92

accent

#5761D1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABA3

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

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