#48C4AA#48C4AA

#48C4AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.116 H 176.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C4AA
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 170)
HSL	hsl(167, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(167, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 13.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -40.43, 2.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 40.54, 175.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.1157 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.116 176.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6646, 43.7567, 44.9049)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C4AA #C44862

analogous

#48C46C #48C4AA #48A0C4

triadic

#48C4AA #AA48C4 #C4AA48

tetradic

#48C4AA #6C48C4 #C44862 #A0C448

square

#48C4AA #6C48C4 #C44862 #A0C448

split-complementary

#48C4AA #C448A0 #C46C48

monochromatic

#236E5E #329C86 #48C4AA #76D3BF #A5E2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#48C4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#48C4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C4AA

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C4AA	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB8A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.116 176.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d6c3',
    500: '#48c4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c4aa;
$custom-light: #89d6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.419,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74459,
    "c": 0.11589,
    "h": 176.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C4AA

secondary

#CF99A4

accent

#4D6BDB

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C4AA

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

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