#48AEAB#48AEAB

#48AEAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.094 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AEAB
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 171)
HSL	hsl(178, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 0%, 1.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.43, -29.95, -7.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.43, 30.83, 193.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% -0.0917 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.094 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1560, 34.5875, 43.8705)
Luminance	0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AEAB #AE484B

analogous

#48AE78 #48AEAB #487EAE

triadic

#48AEAB #AB48AE #AEAB48

tetradic

#48AEAB #7848AE #AE484B #7EAE48

square

#48AEAB #7848AE #AE484B #7EAE48

split-complementary

#48AEAB #AE487E #AE7848

monochromatic

#245756 #368380 #48AEAB #70C4C1 #9BD6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#48AEAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#48AEAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AEAB

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AEAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AEAB	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A6AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949AAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aeab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.094 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c6c4',
    500: '#48aeab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aeab;
$custom-light: #86c6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aeab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.235,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69078,
    "c": 0.09392,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AEAB

secondary

#C29091

accent

#575AD1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AEAB

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

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