#48ADA3#48ADA3

#48ADA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.095 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ADA3
RGB	rgb(72, 173, 163)
HSL	hsl(174, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(174, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 0%, 5.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, -31.65, -3.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 31.86, 186.62°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% -0.0942 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.095 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2240, 33.9068, 39.9113)
Luminance	0.3391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ADA3 #AD4852

analogous

#48AD70 #48ADA3 #4884AD

triadic

#48ADA3 #A348AD #ADA348

tetradic

#48ADA3 #7048AD #AD4852 #84AD48

square

#48ADA3 #7048AD #AD4852 #84AD48

split-complementary

#48ADA3 #AD4884 #AD7048

monochromatic

#245752 #36827A #48ADA3 #6FC3BB #9AD5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#48ADA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#48ADA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ADA3

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ADA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ADA3	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A4A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9599A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ada3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 173, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.095 186.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c6be',
    500: '#48ada3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ada3;
$custom-light: #85c6be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ada3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.059,
    "s": 41.224,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68565,
    "c": 0.09474,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ADA3

secondary

#C18F94

accent

#5763D1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ADA3

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

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