#48AE9D#48AE9D

#48AE9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.098 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48AE9D
RGB	rgb(72, 174, 157)
HSL	hsl(170, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 0%, 9.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, -33.70, -0.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 33.70, 180.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% -0.098 -0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.098 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8916, 34.0817, 37.2111)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48AE9D #AE4859

analogous

#48AE6A #48AE9D #488CAE

triadic

#48AE9D #9D48AE #AE9D48

tetradic

#48AE9D #6A48AE #AE4859 #8CAE48

square

#48AE9D #6A48AE #AE4859 #8CAE48

split-complementary

#48AE9D #AE488C #AE6A48

monochromatic

#24574F #368376 #48AE9D #70C4B6 #9BD6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#48AE9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#48AE9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48AE9D

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48AE9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48AE9D	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A49C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97999E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ae9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 174, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.098 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c6b9',
    500: '#48ae9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ae9d;
$custom-light: #85c6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ae9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68622,
    "c": 0.098,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48AE9D

secondary

#C29098

accent

#576BD1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #48AE9D

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

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