#48ACA8#48ACA8

#48ACA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.093 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ACA8
RGB	rgb(72, 172, 168)
HSL	hsl(178, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 2.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, -29.81, -6.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 30.55, 192.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% -0.0908 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.093 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4898, 33.7074, 42.2538)
Luminance	0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ACA8 #AC484C

analogous

#48AC76 #48ACA8 #487EAC

triadic

#48ACA8 #A848AC #ACA848

tetradic

#48ACA8 #7648AC #AC484C #7EAC48

square

#48ACA8 #7648AC #AC484C #7EAC48

split-complementary

#48ACA8 #AC487E #AC7648

monochromatic

#245654 #36817E #48ACA8 #6FC3BF #9AD5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#48ACA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#48ACA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ACA8

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ACA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ACA8	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A4A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9298A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48aca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 172, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.093 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c5c1',
    500: '#48aca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48aca8;
$custom-light: #86c5c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48aca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.6,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68484,
    "c": 0.09272,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ACA8

secondary

#C18F91

accent

#575CD1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ACA8

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

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