#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
RGBrgb(72, 193, 172)
HSLhsl(170, 49%, 52%)
HSVhsv(170, 63%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(62.7%, 0%, 10.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LABlab(71.21, -38.58, 0.63)
CIE-LCHlch(71.21, 38.59, 179.06°)
OKLaboklab(73.78% -0.1116 0.0011)
OKLCHoklch(73.78% 0.112 179.5)
XYZxyz(29.1854, 42.4931, 45.6856)
Luminance0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##48C1AC1.002.219.509.50
#FFFFFF2.211.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5021.001.001.00
##0000009.5021.001.001.00

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

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#48C1AC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva