#48C9AC#48C9AC

#48C9AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.120 H 175.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C9AC
RGB	rgb(72, 201, 172)
HSL	hsl(167, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(167, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 0%, 14.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, -42.14, 4.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 42.35, 174.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.12 0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.12 175.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0019, 46.1262, 46.2911)
Luminance	0.4613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C9AC #C94865

analogous

#48C96B #48C9AC #48A5C9

triadic

#48C9AC #AC48C9 #C9AC48

tetradic

#48C9AC #6B48C9 #C94865 #A5C948

square

#48C9AC #6B48C9 #C94865 #A5C948

split-complementary

#48C9AC #C948A5 #C96B48

monochromatic

#227462 #30A48A #48C9AC #77D7C1 #A7E5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#48C9AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#48C9AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C9AC

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C9AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C9AC	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BDAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AFAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c9ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 201, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.120 175.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dac4',
    500: '#48c9ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c9ac;
$custom-light: #89dac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c9ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.512,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75748,
    "c": 0.1204,
    "h": 175.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C9AC

secondary

#D29BA7

accent

#4A6BDE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C9AC

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

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