#48AFA1#48AFA1

#48AFA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.097 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFA1
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 161)
HSL	hsl(172, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 8%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, -33.13, -1.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 33.17, 183.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.0973 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.097 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4326, 34.6084, 39.1038)
Luminance	0.3461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFA1 #AF4856

analogous

#48AF6D #48AFA1 #4889AF

triadic

#48AFA1 #A148AF #AFA148

tetradic

#48AFA1 #6D48AF #AF4856 #89AF48

square

#48AFA1 #6D48AF #AF4856 #89AF48

split-complementary

#48AFA1 #AF4889 #AF6D48

monochromatic

#245851 #368479 #48AFA1 #70C4B9 #9BD6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#48AFA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#48AFA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFA1

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFA1	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)

#A7A6A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979AA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.097 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c7bc',
    500: '#48afa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afa1;
$custom-light: #86c7bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.845,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68995,
    "c": 0.09741,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFA1

secondary

#C29097

accent

#5667D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFA1

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

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