#48AFAD#48AFAD

#48AFAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.094 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFAD
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 173)
HSL	hsl(179, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 1.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, -29.88, -7.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 30.91, 194.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.39% -0.0919 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(69.39% 0.094 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5420, 35.0522, 44.9467)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFAD #AF484A

analogous

#48AF79 #48AFAD #487DAF

triadic

#48AFAD #AD48AF #AFAD48

tetradic

#48AFAD #7948AF #AF484A #7DAF48

square

#48AFAD #7948AF #AF484A #7DAF48

split-complementary

#48AFAD #AF487D #AF7948

monochromatic

#245857 #368482 #48AFAD #70C4C3 #9BD6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#48AFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#48AFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFAD

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFAD	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.094 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c7c5',
    500: '#48afad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afad;
$custom-light: #86c7c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.835,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69391,
    "c": 0.09448,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFAD

secondary

#C29091

accent

#5659D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFAD

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

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