#48AFA5#48AFA5

#48AFA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.096 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFA5
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 165)
HSL	hsl(174, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(174, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 5.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, -32.07, -3.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 32.29, 186.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% -0.0955 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.096 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7910, 34.7518, 40.9913)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFA5 #AF4852

analogous

#48AF71 #48AFA5 #4885AF

triadic

#48AFA5 #A548AF #AFA548

tetradic

#48AFA5 #7148AF #AF4852 #85AF48

square

#48AFA5 #7148AF #AF4852 #85AF48

split-complementary

#48AFA5 #AF4885 #AF7148

monochromatic

#245853 #36847C #48AFA5 #70C4BC #9BD6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#48AFA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#48AFA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFA5

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFA5	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A6A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969AA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.096 186.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c7bf',
    500: '#48afa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afa5;
$custom-light: #86c7bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.175,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69124,
    "c": 0.09607,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFA5

secondary

#C29095

accent

#5662D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFA5

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

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