#48ACA6#48ACA6

#48ACA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.093 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48ACA6
RGBrgb(72, 172, 166)
HSLhsl(176, 41%, 48%)
HSVhsv(176, 58%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(58.1%, 0%, 3.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LABlab(64.67, -30.36, -5.66)
CIE-LCHlch(64.67, 30.88, 190.57°)
OKLaboklab(68.42% -0.0917 -0.0158)
OKLCHoklch(68.42% 0.093 189.8)
XYZxyz(24.3049, 33.6335, 41.2800)
Luminance0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48ACA6 #AC484E
analogous
#48AC74 #48ACA6 #4880AC
triadic
#48ACA6 #A648AC #ACA648
tetradic
#48ACA6 #7448AC #AC484E #80AC48
square
#48ACA6 #7448AC #AC484E #80AC48
split-complementary
#48ACA6 #AC4880 #AC7448
monochromatic
#245653 #36817C #48ACA6 #6FC3BE #9AD5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72
#48ACA6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73
#48ACA6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ACA6
7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48ACA6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48ACA61.002.727.737.73
#FFFFFF2.721.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7321.001.001.00
##0000007.7321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A3A4A6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9398A7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B0AA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48aca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 172, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.093 189.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c5c0',
    500: '#48aca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48aca6;
$custom-light: #85c5c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48aca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.4,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68417,
    "c": 0.09307,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48ACA6
secondary
#C18F92
accent
#575ED1
background
#F8FCFB
surface
#F0F8F7
border
#CBD1D0
text
#0C1312
muted
#7D8281

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#48ACA6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva