#48C8AF#48C8AF

#48C8AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.118 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8AF
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 175)
HSL	hsl(168, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(168, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 12.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, -40.95, 2.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 41.01, 176.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.1175 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.118 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0609, 45.7781, 47.7482)
Luminance	0.4578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8AF #C84861

analogous

#48C86F #48C8AF #48A1C8

triadic

#48C8AF #AF48C8 #C8AF48

tetradic

#48C8AF #6F48C8 #C84861 #A1C848

square

#48C8AF #6F48C8 #C84861 #A1C848

split-complementary

#48C8AF #C848A1 #C86F48

monochromatic

#237363 #31A28C #48C8AF #77D6C4 #A6E4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#48C8AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#48C8AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8AF

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8AF	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BCAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAFB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.118 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9c6',
    500: '#48c8af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8af;
$custom-light: #89d9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.281,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75589,
    "c": 0.11766,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8AF

secondary

#D19AA5

accent

#4B67DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8AF

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

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