#48ACAA#48ACAA

#48ACAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.092 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ACAA
RGB	rgb(72, 172, 170)
HSL	hsl(179, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, -29.25, -7.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 30.26, 194.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.55% -0.0899 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(68.55% 0.092 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6776, 33.7825, 43.2426)
Luminance	0.3378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ACAA #AC484A

analogous

#48AC78 #48ACAA #487CAC

triadic

#48ACAA #AA48AC #ACAA48

tetradic

#48ACAA #7848AC #AC484A #7CAC48

square

#48ACAA #7848AC #AC484A #7CAC48

split-complementary

#48ACAA #AC487C #AC7848

monochromatic

#245655 #36817F #48ACAA #6FC3C1 #9AD5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#48ACAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#48ACAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ACAA

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ACAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ACAA	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A4AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9298AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48acaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 172, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.092 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c5c3',
    500: '#48acaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48acaa;
$custom-light: #86c5c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48acaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.8,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68553,
    "c": 0.09247,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ACAA

secondary

#C18F90

accent

#5759D1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ACAA

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

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