#48C0AC#48C0AC

#48C0AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.111 H 180.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C0AC
RGB	rgb(72, 192, 172)
HSL	hsl(170, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(170, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 10.4%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -38.13, 0.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 38.13, 179.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.1105 -0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.111 180.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9650, 42.0525, 45.6122)
Luminance	0.4206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C0AC #C0485C

analogous

#48C070 #48C0AC #4898C0

triadic

#48C0AC #AC48C0 #C0AC48

tetradic

#48C0AC #7048C0 #C0485C #98C048

square

#48C0AC #7048C0 #C0485C #98C048

split-complementary

#48C0AC #C04898 #C07048

monochromatic

#24695E #349786 #48C0AC #76D0C1 #A3DFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#48C0AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#48C0AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C0AC

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C0AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C0AC	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A8AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c0ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 192, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.111 180.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d3c4',
    500: '#48c0ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c0ac;
$custom-light: #88d3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c0ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73533,
    "c": 0.11054,
    "h": 180.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C0AC

secondary

#CC98A0

accent

#4F66D8

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C0AC

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

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