#48C0AF#48C0AF

#48C0AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.109 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C0AF
RGB	rgb(72, 192, 175)
HSL	hsl(172, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 8.9%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -37.35, -1.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 37.37, 182.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.1092 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.109 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2564, 42.1690, 47.1467)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C0AF #C04859

analogous

#48C073 #48C0AF #4895C0

triadic

#48C0AF #AF48C0 #C0AF48

tetradic

#48C0AF #7348C0 #C04859 #95C048

square

#48C0AF #7348C0 #C04859 #95C048

split-complementary

#48C0AF #C04895 #C07348

monochromatic

#246960 #349789 #48C0AF #76D0C3 #A3DFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#48C0AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#48C0AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C0AF

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C0AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C0AF	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)

#B8B5AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A8B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c0af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 192, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.109 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d3c6',
    500: '#48c0af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c0af;
$custom-light: #88d3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c0af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.5,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73625,
    "c": 0.10926,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C0AF

secondary

#CC989F

accent

#4F63D8

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C0AF

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

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