#48C1AA#48C1AA

#48C1AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.113 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C1AA
RGB	rgb(72, 193, 170)
HSL	hsl(169, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 11.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -39.09, 1.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 39.13, 177.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.1125 0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.113 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9947, 42.4168, 44.6816)
Luminance	0.4242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C1AA #C1485F

analogous

#48C16E #48C1AA #489CC1

triadic

#48C1AA #AA48C1 #C1AA48

tetradic

#48C1AA #6E48C1 #C1485F #9CC148

square

#48C1AA #6E48C1 #C1485F #9CC148

split-complementary

#48C1AA #C1489C #C16E48

monochromatic

#246B5D #349885 #48C1AA #76D0BF #A3E0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#48C1AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#48C1AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C1AA

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C1AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C1AA	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB6A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c1aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 193, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.113 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d4c3',
    500: '#48c1aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c1aa;
$custom-light: #88d4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c1aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.595,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73719,
    "c": 0.11257,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C1AA

secondary

#CD98A2

accent

#4F69D9

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C1AA

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

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