#48AFAA#48AFAA

#48AFAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.095 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFAA
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 170)
HSL	hsl(177, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 2.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.70, -30.71, -6.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.70, 31.36, 191.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.0932 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.095 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2550, 34.9374, 43.4351)
Luminance	0.3494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFAA #AF484D

analogous

#48AF76 #48AFAA #4880AF

triadic

#48AFAA #AA48AF #AFAA48

tetradic

#48AFAA #7648AF #AF484D #80AF48

square

#48AFAA #7648AF #AF484D #80AF48

split-complementary

#48AFAA #AF4880 #AF7648

monochromatic

#245856 #368480 #48AFAA #70C4C0 #9BD6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#48AFAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#48AFAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFAA

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFAA	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A7AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.095 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c7c3',
    500: '#48afaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afaa;
$custom-light: #86c7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.087,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69289,
    "c": 0.09489,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFAA

secondary

#C29093

accent

#565CD2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFAA

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

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