#48ADAE#48ADAE

#48ADAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.093 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ADAE
RGB	rgb(72, 173, 174)
HSL	hsl(181, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 0.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, -28.63, -9.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 30.10, 198.02°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% -0.0893 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.093 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2528, 34.3183, 45.3294)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ADAE #AE4948

analogous

#48AE7C #48ADAE #487AAE

triadic

#48ADAE #AE48AD #ADAE48

tetradic

#48ADAE #7C48AE #AE4948 #7AAE48

square

#48ADAE #7C48AE #AE4948 #7AAE48

split-complementary

#48ADAE #AE487A #AE7C48

monochromatic

#245757 #368283 #48ADAE #70C3C4 #9BD5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#48ADAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#48ADAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ADAE

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ADAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ADAE	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A5AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9299AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48adae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 173, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.093 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c6c6',
    500: '#48adae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48adae;
$custom-light: #86c6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48adae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.588,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68937,
    "c": 0.09294,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ADAE

secondary

#C29090

accent

#5857D1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ADAE

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

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