#48ACAF#48ACAF

#48ACAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.092 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ACAF
RGB	rgb(72, 172, 175)
HSL	hsl(182, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 1.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, -27.85, -10.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 29.69, 200.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% -0.0878 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.092 198)
XYZ	xyz(25.1596, 33.9753, 45.7811)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ACAF #AF4B48

analogous

#48AF7E #48ACAF #4878AF

triadic

#48ACAF #AF48AC #ACAF48

tetradic

#48ACAF #7E48AF #AF4B48 #78AF48

square

#48ACAF #7E48AF #AF4B48 #78AF48

split-complementary

#48ACAF #AF4878 #AF7E48

monochromatic

#245758 #368184 #48ACAF #70C2C4 #9BD4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#48ACAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#48ACAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ACAF

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ACAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ACAF	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A5AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9198B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48acaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 172, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.092 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c5c6',
    500: '#48acaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48acaf;
$custom-light: #86c5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48acaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.748,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68728,
    "c": 0.09226,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.33978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ACAF

secondary

#C29290

accent

#5A56D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ACAF

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

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