#48C4AC#48C4AC

#48C4AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.115 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C4AC
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 172)
HSL	hsl(168, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(168, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 12.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -39.93, 1.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 39.98, 177.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.1147 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.115 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8553, 43.8329, 45.9089)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C4AC #C44860

analogous

#48C46E #48C4AC #489EC4

triadic

#48C4AC #AC48C4 #C4AC48

tetradic

#48C4AC #6E48C4 #C44860 #9EC448

square

#48C4AC #6E48C4 #C44860 #9EC448

split-complementary

#48C4AC #C4489E #C46E48

monochromatic

#236E60 #329C88 #48C4AC #76D3C1 #A5E2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#48C4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#48C4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C4AC

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C4AC	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.115 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d6c4',
    500: '#48c4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c4ac;
$custom-light: #89d6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.387,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74517,
    "c": 0.11484,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C4AC

secondary

#CF99A3

accent

#4D69DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C4AC

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

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