#48ABAC#48ABAC

#48ABAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.092 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABAC
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 172)
HSL	hsl(181, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, -28.21, -9.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 29.67, 198.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.088 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.092 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6786, 33.4796, 44.1834)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABAC #AC4948

analogous

#48AC7B #48ABAC #4879AC

triadic

#48ABAC #AC48AB #ABAC48

tetradic

#48ABAC #7B48AC #AC4948 #79AC48

square

#48ABAC #7B48AC #AC4948 #79AC48

split-complementary

#48ABAC #AC4879 #AC7B48

monochromatic

#245556 #368081 #48ABAC #6FC2C3 #9AD4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#48ABAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#48ABAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABAC

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABAC	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A3AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9097AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.092 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c4c4',
    500: '#48abac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abac;
$custom-light: #86c4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.6,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68377,
    "c": 0.09159,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABAC

secondary

#C18F8F

accent

#5857D1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABAC

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

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