#48C0AA#48C0AA

#48C0AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.111 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C0AA
RGB	rgb(72, 192, 170)
HSL	hsl(169, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 11.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -38.64, 1.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 38.66, 178.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.1115 0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.111 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7744, 41.9762, 44.6082)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C0AA #C0485E

analogous

#48C06E #48C0AA #489AC0

triadic

#48C0AA #AA48C0 #C0AA48

tetradic

#48C0AA #6E48C0 #C0485E #9AC048

square

#48C0AA #6E48C0 #C0485E #9AC048

split-complementary

#48C0AA #C0489A #C06E48

monochromatic

#24695D #349785 #48C0AA #76D0BF #A3DFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#48C0AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#48C0AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C0AA

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C0AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C0AA	1.00	2.24	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B5A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A8AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c0aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 192, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.111 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d3c3',
    500: '#48c0aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c0aa;
$custom-light: #88d3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c0aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73473,
    "c": 0.11149,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C0AA

secondary

#CC98A1

accent

#4F69D8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C0AA

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

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