#48AEA3#48AEA3

#48AEA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.096 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AEA3
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 163)
HSL	hsl(174, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(174, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 0%, 6.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, -32.12, -3.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 32.29, 185.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% -0.0953 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.096 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4165, 34.2917, 39.9754)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AEA3 #AE4853

analogous

#48AE70 #48AEA3 #4886AE

triadic

#48AEA3 #A348AE #AEA348

tetradic

#48AEA3 #7048AE #AE4853 #86AE48

square

#48AEA3 #7048AE #AE4853 #86AE48

split-complementary

#48AEA3 #AE4886 #AE7048

monochromatic

#245752 #36837A #48AEA3 #70C4BB #9BD6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#48AEA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#48AEA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AEA3

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AEA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AEA3	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)

#A6A5A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9699A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.096 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c6be',
    500: '#48aea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aea3;
$custom-light: #86c6be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.529,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68812,
    "c": 0.09571,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AEA3

secondary

#C29095

accent

#5764D1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AEA3

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

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