#48ACA4#48ACA4

#48ACA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.094 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ACA4
RGB	rgb(72, 172, 164)
HSL	hsl(175, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(175, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 4.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, -30.90, -4.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 31.24, 188.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% -0.0926 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.094 188)
XYZ	xyz(24.1229, 33.5607, 40.3213)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ACA4 #AC4850

analogous

#48AC72 #48ACA4 #4882AC

triadic

#48ACA4 #A448AC #ACA448

tetradic

#48ACA4 #7248AC #AC4850 #82AC48

square

#48ACA4 #7248AC #AC4850 #82AC48

split-complementary

#48ACA4 #AC4882 #AC7248

monochromatic

#245652 #36817B #48ACA4 #6FC3BC #9AD5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#48ACA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#48ACA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ACA4

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ACA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ACA4	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A3A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9498A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 172, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.094 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c5be',
    500: '#48aca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aca4;
$custom-light: #85c5be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.2,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6835,
    "c": 0.09353,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.33563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ACA4

secondary

#C18F93

accent

#5761D1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ACA4

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

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