#48ABAE#48ABAE

#48ABAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.092 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABAE
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 174)
HSL	hsl(182, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 1.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, -27.64, -10.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 29.47, 200.28°)
OKLab	oklab(68.45% -0.0871 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(68.45% 0.092 198)
XYZ	xyz(24.8721, 33.5570, 45.2026)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABAE #AE4B48

analogous

#48AE7E #48ABAE #4878AE

triadic

#48ABAE #AE48AB #ABAE48

tetradic

#48ABAE #7E48AE #AE4B48 #78AE48

square

#48ABAE #7E48AE #AE4B48 #78AE48

split-complementary

#48ABAE #AE4878 #AE7E48

monochromatic

#245657 #368083 #48ABAE #70C1C4 #9BD4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#48ABAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#48ABAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABAE

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABAE	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9098AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.092 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c4c6',
    500: '#48abae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abae;
$custom-light: #86c4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.765,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68448,
    "c": 0.09159,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.3356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABAE

secondary

#C29190

accent

#5A57D1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABAE

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

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