#48C8AC#48C8AC

#48C8AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.119 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8AC
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 172)
HSL	hsl(167, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(167, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 14%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.33, -41.70, 3.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.33, 41.87, 174.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.1189 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.119 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7696, 45.6615, 46.2137)
Luminance	0.4567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8AC #C84864

analogous

#48C86C #48C8AC #48A4C8

triadic

#48C8AC #AC48C8 #C8AC48

tetradic

#48C8AC #6C48C8 #C84864 #A4C848

square

#48C8AC #6C48C8 #C84864 #A4C848

split-complementary

#48C8AC #C848A4 #C86C48

monochromatic

#237361 #31A289 #48C8AC #77D6C1 #A6E4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#48C8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#48C8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8AC

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8AC	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)

#C1BCAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAFAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.119 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9c4',
    500: '#48c8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8ac;
$custom-light: #89d9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.875,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75502,
    "c": 0.11927,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8AC

secondary

#D19AA6

accent

#4B6BDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8AC

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

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