#48C8AD#48C8AD

#48C8AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.119 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8AD
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 173)
HSL	hsl(167, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(167, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 13.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.35, -41.45, 3.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.35, 41.58, 175.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.1185 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.119 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8660, 45.7001, 46.7214)
Luminance	0.4570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8AD #C84863

analogous

#48C86D #48C8AD #48A3C8

triadic

#48C8AD #AD48C8 #C8AD48

tetradic

#48C8AD #6D48C8 #C84863 #A3C848

square

#48C8AD #6D48C8 #C84863 #A3C848

split-complementary

#48C8AD #C848A3 #C86D48

monochromatic

#237362 #31A28A #48C8AD #77D6C2 #A6E4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#48C8AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#48C8AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8AD

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8AD	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAFAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.119 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9c5',
    500: '#48c8ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8ad;
$custom-light: #89d9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.344,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75531,
    "c": 0.11872,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8AD

secondary

#D19AA6

accent

#4B6ADD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8AD

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

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