#48C3AF#48C3AF

#48C3AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.112 H 180.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C3AF
RGB	rgb(72, 195, 175)
HSL	hsl(170, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(170, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 10.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -38.71, -0.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 38.71, 180.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.1123 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.112 180.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9218, 43.4999, 47.3685)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C3AF #C3485C

analogous

#48C372 #48C3AF #4899C3

triadic

#48C3AF #AF48C3 #C3AF48

tetradic

#48C3AF #7248C3 #C3485C #99C348

square

#48C3AF #7248C3 #C3485C #99C348

split-complementary

#48C3AF #C34899 #C37248

monochromatic

#246D61 #339B8A #48C3AF #76D2C3 #A4E1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#48C3AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#48C3AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C3AF

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C3AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C3AF	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB8AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ABB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c3af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 195, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.112 180.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d6c6',
    500: '#48c3af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c3af;
$custom-light: #89d6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c3af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.244,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74361,
    "c": 0.11234,
    "h": 180.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C3AF

secondary

#CE99A1

accent

#4E65DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C3AF

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

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