#48AFA3#48AFA3

#48AFA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.097 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFA3
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 163)
HSL	hsl(173, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 6.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, -32.60, -2.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 32.72, 184.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.0964 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.097 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6104, 34.6795, 40.0401)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFA3 #AF4854

analogous

#48AF6F #48AFA3 #4887AF

triadic

#48AFA3 #A348AF #AFA348

tetradic

#48AFA3 #6F48AF #AF4854 #87AF48

square

#48AFA3 #6F48AF #AF4854 #87AF48

split-complementary

#48AFA3 #AF4887 #AF6F48

monochromatic

#245852 #36847B #48AFA3 #70C4BA #9BD6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#48AFA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#48AFA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFA3

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFA3	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A6A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979AA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.097 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c7be',
    500: '#48afa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afa3;
$custom-light: #86c7be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.01,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69059,
    "c": 0.0967,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFA3

secondary

#C29096

accent

#5665D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFA3

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

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