#48C8AE#48C8AE

#48C8AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.118 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8AE
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 174)
HSL	hsl(168, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(168, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 13%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.38, -41.20, 2.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.38, 41.29, 176.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.118 0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.118 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9631, 45.7389, 47.2329)
Luminance	0.4574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8AE #C84862

analogous

#48C86E #48C8AE #48A2C8

triadic

#48C8AE #AE48C8 #C8AE48

tetradic

#48C8AE #6E48C8 #C84862 #A2C848

square

#48C8AE #6E48C8 #C84862 #A2C848

split-complementary

#48C8AE #C848A2 #C86E48

monochromatic

#237363 #31A28B #48C8AE #77D6C3 #A6E4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#48C8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#48C8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8AE

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8AE	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAFB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.118 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9c6',
    500: '#48c8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8ae;
$custom-light: #89d9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.813,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7556,
    "c": 0.11819,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8AE

secondary

#D19AA6

accent

#4B68DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8AE

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

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