#48C8AB#48C8AB

#48C8AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.120 H 175.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8AB
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 171)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(166, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 14.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -41.95, 4.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 42.16, 174.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.1194 0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.12 175)
XYZ	xyz(30.6739, 45.6232, 45.7098)
Luminance	0.4563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8AB #C84865

analogous

#48C86B #48C8AB #48A5C8

triadic

#48C8AB #AB48C8 #C8AB48

tetradic

#48C8AB #6B48C8 #C84865 #A5C848

square

#48C8AB #6B48C8 #C84865 #A5C848

split-complementary

#48C8AB #C848A5 #C86B48

monochromatic

#237361 #31A288 #48C8AB #77D6C1 #A6E4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#48C8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#48C8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8AB

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8AB	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.120 175.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9c4',
    500: '#48c8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8ab;
$custom-light: #89d9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.406,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75473,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 175
  },
  "luminance": 0.45627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8AB

secondary

#D19AA7

accent

#4B6CDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8AB

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

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