#48ACA0#48ACA0

#48ACA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.095 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ACA0
RGB	rgb(72, 172, 160)
HSL	hsl(173, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, -31.97, -2.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 32.07, 184.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% -0.0944 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.095 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7674, 33.4185, 38.4488)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ACA0 #AC4854

analogous

#48AC6E #48ACA0 #4886AC

triadic

#48ACA0 #A048AC #ACA048

tetradic

#48ACA0 #6E48AC #AC4854 #86AC48

square

#48ACA0 #6E48AC #AC4854 #86AC48

split-complementary

#48ACA0 #AC4886 #AC6E48

monochromatic

#245650 #368178 #48ACA0 #6FC3B8 #9AD5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#48ACA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#48ACA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ACA0

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ACA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ACA0	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A3A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9598A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 172, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.095 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c5bc',
    500: '#48aca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aca0;
$custom-light: #85c5bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.8,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6822,
    "c": 0.09472,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ACA0

secondary

#C18F95

accent

#5766D1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ACA0

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

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