#48C9AD#48C9AD

#48C9AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.120 H 175.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C9AD
RGB	rgb(72, 201, 173)
HSL	hsl(167, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(167, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 0%, 13.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -41.90, 3.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 42.05, 175.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.1195 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.12 175.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0983, 46.1648, 46.7988)
Luminance	0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C9AD #C94864

analogous

#48C96C #48C9AD #48A4C9

triadic

#48C9AD #AD48C9 #C9AD48

tetradic

#48C9AD #6C48C9 #C94864 #A4C948

square

#48C9AD #6C48C9 #C94864 #A4C948

split-complementary

#48C9AD #C948A4 #C96C48

monochromatic

#227462 #30A48B #48C9AD #77D7C2 #A7E5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#48C9AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#48C9AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C9AD

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C9AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C9AD	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)

#C2BDAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAFAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c9ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 201, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.120 175.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dac5',
    500: '#48c9ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c9ad;
$custom-light: #89dac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c9ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.977,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75777,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 175.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C9AD

secondary

#D29BA7

accent

#4A6ADE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C9AD

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

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