#48CAAA#48CAAA

#48CAAA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.123 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CAAA
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 170)
HSL	hsl(165, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(165, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 15.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -43.07, 5.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 43.43, 172.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.1219 0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.123 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0452, 46.5177, 45.3651)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CAAA #CA4868

analogous

#48CA69 #48CAAA #48A9CA

triadic

#48CAAA #AA48CA #CAAA48

tetradic

#48CAAA #6948CA #CA4868 #A9CA48

square

#48CAAA #6948CA #CA4868 #A9CA48

split-complementary

#48CAAA #CA48A9 #CA6948

monochromatic

#227661 #30A588 #48CAAA #77D8C0 #A7E5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#48CAAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#48CAAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CAAA

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CAAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CAAA	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BDA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B0AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48caaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.123 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dbc3',
    500: '#48caaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48caaa;
$custom-light: #89dbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48caaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.231,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75938,
    "c": 0.12273,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CAAA

secondary

#D39BA9

accent

#496EDE

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CAAA

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

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