#48CAAF#48CAAF

#48CAAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.120 H 176.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CAAF
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 175)
HSL	hsl(168, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(168, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 13.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, -41.84, 3.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 41.95, 175.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% -0.1196 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.12 176.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5272, 46.7105, 47.9036)
Luminance	0.4671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CAAF #CA4863

analogous

#48CA6E #48CAAF #48A4CA

triadic

#48CAAF #AF48CA #CAAF48

tetradic

#48CAAF #6E48CA #CA4863 #A4CA48

square

#48CAAF #6E48CA #CA4863 #A4CA48

split-complementary

#48CAAF #CA48A4 #CA6E48

monochromatic

#227664 #30A58D #48CAAF #77D8C4 #A7E5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#48CAAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#48CAAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CAAF

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CAAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CAAF	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BEAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B0B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48caaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.120 176.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adbc6',
    500: '#48caaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48caaf;
$custom-light: #8adbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48caaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.538,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7608,
    "c": 0.11985,
    "h": 176.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CAAF

secondary

#D39BA7

accent

#4968DE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CAAF

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

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