#48C1AE#48C1AE

#48C1AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.111 H 180.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C1AE
RGB	rgb(72, 193, 174)
HSL	hsl(171, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(171, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 9.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -38.06, -0.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 38.07, 180.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.1107 -0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.111 180.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3789, 42.5705, 46.7048)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C1AE #C1485B

analogous

#48C172 #48C1AE #4897C1

triadic

#48C1AE #AE48C1 #C1AE48

tetradic

#48C1AE #7248C1 #C1485B #97C148

square

#48C1AE #7248C1 #C1485B #97C148

split-complementary

#48C1AE #C14897 #C17248

monochromatic

#246B5F #349888 #48C1AE #76D0C2 #A3E0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#48C1AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#48C1AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C1AE

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C1AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C1AE	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B6AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c1ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 193, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.111 180.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d4c6',
    500: '#48c1ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c1ae;
$custom-light: #88d4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c1ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.579,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7384,
    "c": 0.1107,
    "h": 180.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C1AE

secondary

#CD98A0

accent

#4F65D9

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C1AE

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

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