#48AE8F#48AE8F

#48AE8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.106 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AE8F
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 143)
HSL	hsl(162, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(162, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 0%, 17.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, -37.20, 7.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 37.88, 169.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% -0.1045 0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.106 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7641, 33.6308, 31.2730)
Luminance	0.3363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AE8F #AE4867

analogous

#48AE5C #48AE8F #489AAE

triadic

#48AE8F #8F48AE #AE8F48

tetradic

#48AE8F #5C48AE #AE4867 #9AAE48

square

#48AE8F #5C48AE #AE4867 #9AAE48

split-complementary

#48AE8F #AE489A #AE5C48

monochromatic

#245748 #36836B #48AE8F #70C4AA #9BD6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#48AE8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#48AE8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AE8F

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AE8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AE8F	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A38D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9891

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ae8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.106 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7af',
    500: '#48ae8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ae8f;
$custom-light: #85c7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ae8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.765,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68211,
    "c": 0.10609,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AE8F

secondary

#C2909F

accent

#577CD1

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AE8F

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

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