#48CAAD#48CAAD

#48CAAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.121 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CAAD
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 173)
HSL	hsl(167, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(167, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 14.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, -42.33, 4.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 42.53, 174.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.1205 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.121 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3322, 46.6325, 46.8768)
Luminance	0.4664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CAAD #CA4865

analogous

#48CA6C #48CAAD #48A6CA

triadic

#48CAAD #AD48CA #CAAD48

tetradic

#48CAAD #6C48CA #CA4865 #A6CA48

square

#48CAAD #6C48CA #CA4865 #A6CA48

split-complementary

#48CAAD #CA48A6 #CA6C48

monochromatic

#227663 #30A58B #48CAAD #77D8C2 #A7E5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#48CAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#48CAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CAAD

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CAAD	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BEAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B0AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48caad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.121 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adbc5',
    500: '#48caad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48caad;
$custom-light: #8adbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48caad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.615,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76023,
    "c": 0.12097,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CAAD

secondary

#D39BA8

accent

#496BDE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CAAD

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

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