#48AC8F#48AC8F

#48AC8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.104 H 171.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AC8F
RGB	rgb(72, 172, 143)
HSL	hsl(163, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(163, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 16.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.05, -36.29, 6.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.05, 36.82, 170.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% -0.1023 0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.104 171.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3806, 32.8637, 31.1452)
Luminance	0.3287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AC8F #AC4865

analogous

#48AC5D #48AC8F #4897AC

triadic

#48AC8F #8F48AC #AC8F48

tetradic

#48AC8F #5D48AC #AC4865 #97AC48

square

#48AC8F #5D48AC #AC4865 #97AC48

split-complementary

#48AC8F #AC4897 #AC5D48

monochromatic

#245647 #36816B #48AC8F #6FC3AA #9AD5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#48AC8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#48AC8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AC8F

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AC8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AC8F	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A28E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989791

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02ADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ac8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 172, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.104 171.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c5af',
    500: '#48ac8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ac8f;
$custom-light: #84c5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ac8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.6,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67708,
    "c": 0.10353,
    "h": 171.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AC8F

secondary

#C18F9D

accent

#577AD1

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AC8F

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

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