#48AEAD#48AEAD

#48AEAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.094 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AEAD
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 173)
HSL	hsl(179, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, -29.40, -8.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 30.56, 195.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% -0.0908 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.094 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3481, 34.6644, 44.8821)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AEAD #AE4849

analogous

#48AE7A #48AEAD #487CAE

triadic

#48AEAD #AD48AE #AEAD48

tetradic

#48AEAD #7A48AE #AE4849 #7CAE48

square

#48AEAD #7A48AE #AE4849 #7CAE48

split-complementary

#48AEAD #AE487C #AE7A48

monochromatic

#245757 #368382 #48AEAD #70C4C3 #9BD6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#48AEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#48AEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AEAD

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AEAD	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A6AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.094 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c6c5',
    500: '#48aead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aead;
$custom-light: #86c6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.412,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69146,
    "c": 0.09372,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AEAD

secondary

#C29090

accent

#5758D1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AEAD

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

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