#48ACA1#48ACA1

#48ACA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.094 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ACA1
RGB	rgb(72, 172, 161)
HSL	hsl(173, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 6.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, -31.70, -3.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 31.85, 185.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% -0.094 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.094 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8552, 33.4536, 38.9113)
Luminance	0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ACA1 #AC4853

analogous

#48AC6F #48ACA1 #4885AC

triadic

#48ACA1 #A148AC #ACA148

tetradic

#48ACA1 #6F48AC #AC4853 #85AC48

square

#48ACA1 #6F48AC #AC4853 #85AC48

split-complementary

#48ACA1 #AC4885 #AC6F48

monochromatic

#245650 #368179 #48ACA1 #6FC3B9 #9AD5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#48ACA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#48ACA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ACA1

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ACA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ACA1	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A3A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9498A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 172, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.094 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c5bc',
    500: '#48aca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aca1;
$custom-light: #85c5bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.4,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68252,
    "c": 0.09438,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ACA1

secondary

#C18F94

accent

#5764D1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ACA1

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

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