#48ABA6#48ABA6

#48ABA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.092 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABA6
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 166)
HSL	hsl(177, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 2.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, -29.87, -6.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 30.49, 191.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% -0.0906 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.092 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1153, 33.2543, 41.2168)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABA6 #AB484D

analogous

#48AB75 #48ABA6 #487EAB

triadic

#48ABA6 #A648AB #ABA648

tetradic

#48ABA6 #7548AB #AB484D #7EAB48

square

#48ABA6 #7548AB #AB484D #7EAB48

split-complementary

#48ABA6 #AB487E #AB7548

monochromatic

#245552 #36807C #48ABA6 #6EC2BE #99D4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#48ABA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#48ABA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABA6

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABA6	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A3A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9297A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.092 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c4c0',
    500: '#48aba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aba6;
$custom-light: #85c4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.97,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68171,
    "c": 0.09221,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABA6

secondary

#C08E91

accent

#575DD1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABA6

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

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