#48C2AA#48C2AA

#48C2AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.114 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2AA
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 170)
HSL	hsl(168, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(168, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 12.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, -39.54, 2.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 39.60, 176.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.1136 0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.114 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2165, 42.8605, 44.7556)
Luminance	0.4286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2AA #C24860

analogous

#48C26D #48C2AA #489DC2

triadic

#48C2AA #AA48C2 #C2AA48

tetradic

#48C2AA #6D48C2 #C24860 #9DC248

square

#48C2AA #6D48C2 #C24860 #9DC248

split-complementary

#48C2AA #C2489D #C26D48

monochromatic

#246C5E #339A85 #48C2AA #76D1BF #A4E1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#48C2AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#48C2AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2AA

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2AA	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB7A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.114 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d5c3',
    500: '#48c2aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2aa;
$custom-light: #88d5c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.197,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73966,
    "c": 0.11367,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2AA

secondary

#CE98A3

accent

#4E6ADA

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2AA

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

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