#48AFA2#48AFA2

#48AFA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.097 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFA2
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 162)
HSL	hsl(172, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 7.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, -32.87, -2.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 32.94, 183.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0968 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.097 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5211, 34.6438, 39.5701)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFA2 #AF4855

analogous

#48AF6E #48AFA2 #4888AF

triadic

#48AFA2 #A248AF #AFA248

tetradic

#48AFA2 #6E48AF #AF4855 #88AF48

square

#48AFA2 #6E48AF #AF4855 #88AF48

split-complementary

#48AFA2 #AF4888 #AF6E48

monochromatic

#245852 #36847A #48AFA2 #70C4BA #9BD6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#48AFA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#48AFA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFA2

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFA2	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A6A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.097 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c7bd',
    500: '#48afa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afa2;
$custom-light: #86c7bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.427,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69027,
    "c": 0.09705,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFA2

secondary

#C29097

accent

#5666D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFA2

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

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