#48AEB3#48AEB3

#48AEB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.094 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AEB3
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 179)
HSL	hsl(183, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 2.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, -27.70, -11.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 29.96, 202.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.0882 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.094 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9418, 34.9018, 48.0087)
Luminance	0.3490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AEB3 #B34D48

analogous

#48B383 #48AEB3 #4879B3

triadic

#48AEB3 #B348AE #AEB348

tetradic

#48AEB3 #8348B3 #B34D48 #79B348

square

#48AEB3 #8348B3 #B34D48 #79B348

split-complementary

#48AEB3 #B34879 #B38348

monochromatic

#25595C #368487 #48AEB3 #72C2C6 #9ED5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#48AEB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#48AEB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AEB3

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AEB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AEB3	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A7B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929AB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aeb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.094 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c6c9',
    500: '#48aeb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aeb3;
$custom-light: #87c6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aeb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.804,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69358,
    "c": 0.09369,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AEB3

secondary

#C49592

accent

#5B55D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AEB3

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

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