#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
RGB	rgb(72, 172, 166)
HSL	hsl(176, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 3.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, -30.36, -5.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 30.88, 190.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% -0.0917 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.093 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3049, 33.6335, 41.2800)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48ACA6	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ACA6

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

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