#48AFAB#48AFAB

#48AFAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.095 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFAB
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 171)
HSL	hsl(178, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 2.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, -30.44, -6.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 31.20, 192.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% -0.0928 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.095 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.3499, 34.9753, 43.9351)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFAB #AF484C

analogous

#48AF77 #48AFAB #487FAF

triadic

#48AFAB #AB48AF #AFAB48

tetradic

#48AFAB #7748AF #AF484C #7FAF48

square

#48AFAB #7748AF #AF484C #7FAF48

split-complementary

#48AFAB #AF487F #AF7748

monochromatic

#245856 #368481 #48AFAB #70C4C1 #9BD6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#48AFAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#48AFAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFAB

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFAB	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A7AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.095 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c7c4',
    500: '#48afab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afab;
$custom-light: #86c7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.67,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69323,
    "c": 0.09473,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFAB

secondary

#C29092

accent

#565BD2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFAB

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

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