#48AFA0#48AFA0

#48AFA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.098 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFA0
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 160)
HSL	hsl(171, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 8.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, -33.39, -1.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 33.41, 182.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% -0.0977 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.098 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3448, 34.5733, 38.6412)
Luminance	0.3458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFA0 #AF4857

analogous

#48AF6C #48AFA0 #488AAF

triadic

#48AFA0 #A048AF #AFA048

tetradic

#48AFA0 #6C48AF #AF4857 #8AAF48

square

#48AFA0 #6C48AF #AF4857 #8AAF48

split-complementary

#48AFA0 #AF488A #AF6C48

monochromatic

#245851 #368478 #48AFA0 #70C4B8 #9BD6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#48AFA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#48AFA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFA0

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFA0	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)

#A8A69F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.098 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7bc',
    500: '#48afa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afa0;
$custom-light: #85c7bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.262,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68964,
    "c": 0.09781,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFA0

secondary

#C29098

accent

#5668D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFA0

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

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