#48C3AA#48C3AA

#48C3AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.115 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C3AA
RGB	rgb(72, 195, 170)
HSL	hsl(168, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(168, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 12.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -39.99, 2.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 40.07, 176.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.1146 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.115 177)
XYZ	xyz(29.4398, 43.3071, 44.8300)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C3AA #C34861

analogous

#48C36D #48C3AA #489EC3

triadic

#48C3AA #AA48C3 #C3AA48

tetradic

#48C3AA #6D48C3 #C34861 #9EC348

square

#48C3AA #6D48C3 #C34861 #9EC348

split-complementary

#48C3AA #C3489E #C36D48

monochromatic

#246D5E #339B86 #48C3AA #76D2BF #A4E1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#48C3AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#48C3AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C3AA

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C3AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C3AA	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB7A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAAAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c3aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 195, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.115 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d6c3',
    500: '#48c3aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c3aa;
$custom-light: #89d6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c3aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.805,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74212,
    "c": 0.11477,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.4331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C3AA

secondary

#CE99A4

accent

#4E6ADA

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C3AA

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

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