#48CAAB#48CAAB

#48CAAB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.122 H 174.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CAAB
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 171)
HSL	hsl(166, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(166, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 15.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, -42.83, 5.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 43.13, 173.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.1215 0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.122 174)
XYZ	xyz(31.1401, 46.5557, 45.8652)
Luminance	0.4656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CAAB #CA4867

analogous

#48CA6A #48CAAB #48A8CA

triadic

#48CAAB #AB48CA #CAAB48

tetradic

#48CAAB #6A48CA #CA4867 #A8CA48

square

#48CAAB #6A48CA #CA4867 #A8CA48

split-complementary

#48CAAB #CA48A8 #CA6A48

monochromatic

#227662 #30A589 #48CAAB #77D8C1 #A7E5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#48CAAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#48CAAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CAAB

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CAAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CAAB	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BEAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B0AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48caab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.122 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adbc4',
    500: '#48caab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48caab;
$custom-light: #8adbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48caab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.692,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75966,
    "c": 0.12213,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.46559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CAAB

secondary

#D39BA8

accent

#496DDE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CAAB

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

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