#48C9AE#48C9AE

#48C9AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.119 H 176.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C9AE
RGB	rgb(72, 201, 174)
HSL	hsl(167, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(167, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 0%, 13.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, -41.65, 3.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 41.76, 175.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.119 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.119 176.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1954, 46.2036, 47.3103)
Luminance	0.4621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C9AE #C94863

analogous

#48C96D #48C9AE #48A3C9

triadic

#48C9AE #AE48C9 #C9AE48

tetradic

#48C9AE #6D48C9 #C94863 #A3C948

square

#48C9AE #6D48C9 #C94863 #A3C948

split-complementary

#48C9AE #C948A3 #C96D48

monochromatic

#227463 #30A48B #48C9AE #77D7C3 #A7E5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#48C9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#48C9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C9AE

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C9AE	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BDAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAFB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 201, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.119 176.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adac6',
    500: '#48c9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c9ae;
$custom-light: #8adac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.442,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75806,
    "c": 0.1193,
    "h": 176.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C9AE

secondary

#D29BA6

accent

#4A69DE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C9AE

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

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