#48ADA0#48ADA0

#48ADA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.096 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ADA0
RGB	rgb(72, 173, 160)
HSL	hsl(172, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 0%, 7.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, -32.45, -2.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 32.52, 183.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% -0.0955 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.096 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9584, 33.8005, 38.5124)
Luminance	0.3380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ADA0 #AD4855

analogous

#48AD6D #48ADA0 #4887AD

triadic

#48ADA0 #A048AD #ADA048

tetradic

#48ADA0 #6D48AD #AD4855 #87AD48

square

#48ADA0 #6D48AD #AD4855 #87AD48

split-complementary

#48ADA0 #AD4887 #AD6D48

monochromatic

#245750 #368278 #48ADA0 #6FC3B8 #9AD5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#48ADA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#48ADA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ADA0

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ADA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ADA0	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)

#A5A4A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9698A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ada0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 173, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.096 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c6bc',
    500: '#48ada0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ada0;
$custom-light: #85c6bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ada0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.277,
    "s": 41.224,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68468,
    "c": 0.09573,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ADA0

secondary

#C18F96

accent

#5766D1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ADA0

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

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