#48C9AB#48C9AB

#48C9AB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.121 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48C9AB
RGBrgb(72, 201, 171)
HSLhsl(166, 54%, 54%)
HSVhsv(166, 64%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(64.2%, 0%, 14.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(73.60, -42.39, 4.65)
CIE-LCHlch(73.60, 42.65, 173.74°)
OKLaboklab(75.72% -0.1204 0.0117)
OKLCHoklch(75.72% 0.121 174.5)
XYZxyz(30.9062, 46.0879, 45.7872)
Luminance0.4609 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48C9AB #C94866
analogous
#48C96A #48C9AB #48A6C9
triadic
#48C9AB #AB48C9 #C9AB48
tetradic
#48C9AB #6A48C9 #C94866 #A6C948
square
#48C9AB #6A48C9 #C94866 #A6C948
split-complementary
#48C9AB #C948A6 #C96A48
monochromatic
#227461 #30A489 #48C9AB #77D7C1 #A7E5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06
#48C9AB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22
#48C9AB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C9AB
10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48C9AB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48C9AB1.002.0610.2210.22
#FFFFFF2.061.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2221.001.001.00
##00000010.2221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C2BDAA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B0AFAD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CBC0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48c9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 201, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.121 174.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dac4',
    500: '#48c9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48c9ab;
$custom-light: #89dac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48c9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.047,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7572,
    "c": 0.12098,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48C9AB
secondary
#D29BA8
accent
#4A6CDE
background
#F9FDFC
surface
#F1FBF8
border
#CBD4D1
text
#0D1512
muted
#7E8381

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#48C9AB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva