#48C5AE#48C5AE

#48C5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.115 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C5AE
RGB	rgb(72, 197, 174)
HSL	hsl(169, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 11.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -39.87, 1.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 39.89, 178.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.1149 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.115 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2751, 44.3630, 47.0036)
Luminance	0.4437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C5AE #C5485F

analogous

#48C56F #48C5AE #489DC5

triadic

#48C5AE #AE48C5 #C5AE48

tetradic

#48C5AE #6F48C5 #C5485F #9DC548

square

#48C5AE #6F48C5 #C5485F #9DC548

split-complementary

#48C5AE #C5489D #C56F48

monochromatic

#236F61 #329E8A #48C5AE #76D4C3 #A5E2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#48C5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#48C5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C5AE

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C5AE	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 197, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.115 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d7c6',
    500: '#48c5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c5ae;
$custom-light: #89d7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.96,
    "s": 51.867,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74823,
    "c": 0.11492,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C5AE

secondary

#CF99A3

accent

#4C67DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C5AE

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

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