#48AFA4#48AFA4

#48AFA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.096 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFA4
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 164)
HSL	hsl(174, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(174, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 6.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, -32.33, -3.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 32.50, 185.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.09% -0.0959 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(69.09% 0.096 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7003, 34.7155, 40.5138)
Luminance	0.3472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFA4 #AF4853

analogous

#48AF70 #48AFA4 #4886AF

triadic

#48AFA4 #A448AF #AFA448

tetradic

#48AFA4 #7048AF #AF4853 #86AF48

square

#48AFA4 #7048AF #AF4853 #86AF48

split-complementary

#48AFA4 #AF4886 #AF7048

monochromatic

#245853 #36847B #48AFA4 #70C4BB #9BD6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#48AFA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#48AFA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFA4

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFA4	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	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)

#A7A6A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.096 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c7be',
    500: '#48afa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afa4;
$custom-light: #86c7be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.592,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69091,
    "c": 0.09637,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFA4

secondary

#C29096

accent

#5663D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFA4

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

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