#48C0AB#48C0AB

#48C0AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.111 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C0AB
RGB	rgb(72, 192, 171)
HSL	hsl(170, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(170, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 10.9%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -38.38, 0.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 38.39, 178.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.111 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.111 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8694, 42.0142, 45.1083)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C0AB #C0485D

analogous

#48C06F #48C0AB #4899C0

triadic

#48C0AB #AB48C0 #C0AB48

tetradic

#48C0AB #6F48C0 #C0485D #99C048

square

#48C0AB #6F48C0 #C0485D #99C048

split-complementary

#48C0AB #C04899 #C06F48

monochromatic

#24695D #349786 #48C0AB #76D0C0 #A3DFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#48C0AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#48C0AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C0AB

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C0AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C0AB	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	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)

#B8B5AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A8AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c0ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 192, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.111 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d3c4',
    500: '#48c0ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c0ab;
$custom-light: #88d3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c0ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.5,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73503,
    "c": 0.11101,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C0AB

secondary

#CC98A1

accent

#4F67D8

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C0AB

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

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