#48ADAA#48ADAA

#48ADAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.093 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ADAA
RGB	rgb(72, 173, 170)
HSL	hsl(178, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 0%, 1.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, -29.74, -7.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 30.62, 193.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% -0.091 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.093 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8686, 34.1646, 43.3063)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ADAA #AD484B

analogous

#48AD77 #48ADAA #487DAD

triadic

#48ADAA #AA48AD #ADAA48

tetradic

#48ADAA #7748AD #AD484B #7DAD48

square

#48ADAA #7748AD #AD484B #7DAD48

split-complementary

#48ADAA #AD487D #AD7748

monochromatic

#245755 #368280 #48ADAA #6FC3C1 #9AD5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#48ADAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#48ADAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ADAA

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ADAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ADAA	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A5AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9399AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48adaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 173, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.093 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c6c3',
    500: '#48adaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48adaa;
$custom-light: #86c6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48adaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.218,
    "s": 41.224,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68798,
    "c": 0.09325,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ADAA

secondary

#C18F91

accent

#575AD1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ADAA

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

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