#48AFAE#48AFAE

#48AFAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.094 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AFAE
RGB	rgb(72, 175, 174)
HSL	hsl(179, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, -29.60, -8.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 30.78, 195.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0915 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.094 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6391, 35.0910, 45.4582)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AFAE #AF4849

analogous

#48AF7A #48AFAE #487CAF

triadic

#48AFAE #AE48AF #AFAE48

tetradic

#48AFAE #7A48AF #AF4849 #7CAF48

square

#48AFAE #7A48AF #AF4849 #7CAF48

split-complementary

#48AFAE #AF487C #AF7A48

monochromatic

#245858 #368483 #48AFAE #70C4C3 #9BD6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#48AFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#48AFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AFAE

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AFAE	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A7AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48afae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 175, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.094 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c7c6',
    500: '#48afae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48afae;
$custom-light: #86c7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48afae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.417,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69426,
    "c": 0.09439,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AFAE

secondary

#C29091

accent

#5657D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AFAE

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

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