#48AF9D#48AF9D

#48AF9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.099 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AF9D
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 157)
HSL	hsl(170, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 10.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, -34.17, 0.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 34.17, 179.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.87% -0.0991 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(68.87% 0.099 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0855, 34.4696, 37.2757)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AF9D #AF485A

analogous

#48AF6A #48AF9D #488DAF

triadic

#48AF9D #9D48AF #AF9D48

tetradic

#48AF9D #6A48AF #AF485A #8DAF48

square

#48AF9D #6A48AF #AF485A #8DAF48

split-complementary

#48AF9D #AF488D #AF6A48

monochromatic

#24584F #368476 #48AF9D #70C4B5 #9BD6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#48AF9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#48AF9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AF9D

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AF9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AF9D	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A59C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48af9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.099 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7b9',
    500: '#48af9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48af9d;
$custom-light: #85c7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48af9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.515,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68871,
    "c": 0.09911,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AF9D

secondary

#C29099

accent

#566CD2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AF9D

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

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