#48AEAE#48AEAE

#48AEAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.094 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AEAE
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(180, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 0%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, -29.12, -8.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 30.44, 196.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.18% -0.0904 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(69.18% 0.094 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4452, 34.7032, 45.3936)
Luminance	0.3471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AEAE #AE4848

analogous

#48AE7B #48AEAE #487BAE

triadic

#48AEAE #AE48AE #AEAE48

tetradic

#48AEAE #7B48AE #AE4848 #7BAE48

square

#48AEAE #7B48AE #AE4848 #7BAE48

split-complementary

#48AEAE #AE487B #AE7B48

monochromatic

#245757 #368383 #48AEAE #70C4C4 #9BD6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#48AEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#48AEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AEAE

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AEAE	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A6AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939AAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.094 195.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c6c6',
    500: '#48aeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aeae;
$custom-light: #86c6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69181,
    "c": 0.09365,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AEAE

secondary

#C29090

accent

#5757D1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AEAE

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

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