#48AFAC#48AFAC

#48AFAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.095 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFAC
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 172)
HSL	hsl(178, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 1.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, -30.16, -7.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 31.05, 193.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.0923 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.095 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4456, 35.0136, 44.4390)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFAC #AF484B

analogous

#48AF78 #48AFAC #487EAF

triadic

#48AFAC #AC48AF #AFAC48

tetradic

#48AFAC #7848AF #AF484B #7EAF48

square

#48AFAC #7848AF #AF484B #7EAF48

split-complementary

#48AFAC #AF487E #AF7848

monochromatic

#245857 #368481 #48AFAC #70C4C2 #9BD6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#48AFAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#48AFAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFAC

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFAC	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	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)

#A5A7AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.095 192.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.252,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69357,
    "c": 0.09459,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFAC

secondary

#C29092

accent

#565AD2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFAC

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

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