#48C4AF#48C4AF

#48C4AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.113 H 179.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C4AF
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 175)
HSL	hsl(170, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(170, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 10.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -39.16, 0.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 39.17, 179.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.1134 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.113 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1466, 43.9495, 47.4435)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C4AF #C4485D

analogous

#48C471 #48C4AF #489BC4

triadic

#48C4AF #AF48C4 #C4AF48

tetradic

#48C4AF #7148C4 #C4485D #9BC448

square

#48C4AF #7148C4 #C4485D #9BC448

split-complementary

#48C4AF #C4489B #C47148

monochromatic

#236E61 #329C8A #48C4AF #76D3C3 #A5E2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#48C4AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#48C4AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C4AF

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C4AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C4AF	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB9AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c4af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.113 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d6c6',
    500: '#48c4af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c4af;
$custom-light: #89d6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c4af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.839,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74607,
    "c": 0.11338,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C4AF

secondary

#CF99A2

accent

#4D65DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C4AF

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

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