#48ABA4#48ABA4

#48ABA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.093 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABA4
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 164)
HSL	hsl(176, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 4.1%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, -30.42, -5.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 30.84, 189.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% -0.0915 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.093 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9333, 33.1815, 40.2581)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABA4 #AB484F

analogous

#48AB73 #48ABA4 #4880AB

triadic

#48ABA4 #A448AB #ABA448

tetradic

#48ABA4 #7348AB #AB484F #80AB48

square

#48ABA4 #7348AB #AB484F #80AB48

split-complementary

#48ABA4 #AB4880 #AB7348

monochromatic

#245551 #36807B #48ABA4 #6EC2BC #99D4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#48ABA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#48ABA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABA4

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABA4	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A3A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9397A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.093 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c4be',
    500: '#48aba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aba4;
$custom-light: #85c4be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.758,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68104,
    "c": 0.09262,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABA4

secondary

#C08E92

accent

#5760D1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABA4

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

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