#48C0AE#48C0AE

#48C0AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.110 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C0AE
RGB	rgb(72, 192, 174)
HSL	hsl(171, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(171, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 9.4%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -37.61, -0.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 37.62, 181.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.1096 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.11 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1586, 42.1299, 46.6314)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C0AE #C0485A

analogous

#48C072 #48C0AE #4896C0

triadic

#48C0AE #AE48C0 #C0AE48

tetradic

#48C0AE #7248C0 #C0485A #96C048

square

#48C0AE #7248C0 #C0485A #96C048

split-complementary

#48C0AE #C04896 #C07248

monochromatic

#24695F #349788 #48C0AE #76D0C2 #A3DFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#48C0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#48C0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C0AE

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C0AE	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A8B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 192, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.110 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d3c6',
    500: '#48c0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c0ae;
$custom-light: #88d3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73594,
    "c": 0.10968,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C0AE

secondary

#CC989F

accent

#4F64D8

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C0AE

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

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