#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
RGB	rgb(72, 201, 171)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(166, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 0%, 14.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -42.39, 4.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 42.65, 173.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.1204 0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.121 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9062, 46.0879, 45.7872)
Luminance	0.4609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##48C9AB	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C9AB

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

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