#48ABAF#48ABAF

#48ABAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.092 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABAF
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 175)
HSL	hsl(182, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 2.3%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, -27.36, -10.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 29.39, 201.41°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% -0.0867 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.092 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9700, 33.5961, 45.7179)
Luminance	0.3360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABAF #AF4C48

analogous

#48AF7F #48ABAF #4877AF

triadic

#48ABAF #AF48AB #ABAF48

tetradic

#48ABAF #7F48AF #AF4C48 #77AF48

square

#48ABAF #7F48AF #AF4C48 #77AF48

split-complementary

#48ABAF #AF4877 #AF7F48

monochromatic

#245658 #368184 #48ABAF #70C1C4 #9BD4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#48ABAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#48ABAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABAF

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABAF	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A4AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F98B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.092 198.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.33,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68484,
    "c": 0.09162,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABAF

secondary

#C29290

accent

#5B56D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABAF

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

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