#48C1AC#48C1AC

#48C1AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.112 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C1AC
RGB	rgb(72, 193, 172)
HSL	hsl(170, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(170, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 10.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -38.58, 0.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 38.59, 179.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.1116 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.112 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1854, 42.4931, 45.6856)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C1AC #C1485D

analogous

#48C170 #48C1AC #489AC1

triadic

#48C1AC #AC48C1 #C1AC48

tetradic

#48C1AC #7048C1 #C1485D #9AC148

square

#48C1AC #7048C1 #C1485D #9AC148

split-complementary

#48C1AC #C1489A #C17048

monochromatic

#246B5E #349887 #48C1AC #76D0C1 #A3E0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#48C1AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#48C1AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C1AC

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C1AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C1AC	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B6AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c1ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 193, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.112 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d4c4',
    500: '#48c1ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c1ac;
$custom-light: #88d4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c1ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.587,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73779,
    "c": 0.11161,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C1AC

secondary

#CD98A1

accent

#4F67D9

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C1AC

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

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