#48ADA5#48ADA5

#48ADA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.094 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ADA5
RGB	rgb(72, 173, 165)
HSL	hsl(175, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(175, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 0%, 4.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, -31.11, -4.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 31.46, 188.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% -0.0933 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.094 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4046, 33.9790, 40.8625)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ADA5 #AD4850

analogous

#48AD73 #48ADA5 #4882AD

triadic

#48ADA5 #A548AD #ADA548

tetradic

#48ADA5 #7348AD #AD4850 #82AD48

square

#48ADA5 #7348AD #AD4850 #82AD48

split-complementary

#48ADA5 #AD4882 #AD7348

monochromatic

#245753 #36827C #48ADA5 #6FC3BC #9AD5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#48ADA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#48ADA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ADA5

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ADA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ADA5	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)

#A4A4A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9499A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ada5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 173, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.094 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c6bf',
    500: '#48ada5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ada5;
$custom-light: #86c6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ada5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.248,
    "s": 41.224,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6863,
    "c": 0.0942,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ADA5

secondary

#C18F93

accent

#5760D1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ADA5

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

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