#48AEA0#48AEA0

#48AEA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.097 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AEA0
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 160)
HSL	hsl(172, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 0%, 8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, -32.92, -1.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 32.96, 182.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% -0.0966 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.097 183)
XYZ	xyz(24.1509, 34.1855, 38.5766)
Luminance	0.3419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AEA0 #AE4856

analogous

#48AE6D #48AEA0 #4889AE

triadic

#48AEA0 #A048AE #AEA048

tetradic

#48AEA0 #6D48AE #AE4856 #89AE48

square

#48AEA0 #6D48AE #AE4856 #89AE48

split-complementary

#48AEA0 #AE4889 #AE6D48

monochromatic

#245750 #368378 #48AEA0 #70C4B8 #9BD6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#48AEA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#48AEA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AEA0

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AEA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AEA0	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A5A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9799A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.097 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c6bc',
    500: '#48aea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aea0;
$custom-light: #85c6bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.765,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68716,
    "c": 0.09676,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.34188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AEA0

secondary

#C29097

accent

#5767D1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AEA0

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

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