#48CAB0#48CAB0

#48CAB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.119 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CAB0
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 176)
HSL	hsl(168, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(168, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 12.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.03, -41.58, 2.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.03, 41.66, 176.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.1192 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.119 177)
XYZ	xyz(31.6257, 46.7499, 48.4228)
Luminance	0.4675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CAB0 #CA4862

analogous

#48CA6F #48CAB0 #48A3CA

triadic

#48CAB0 #B048CA #CAB048

tetradic

#48CAB0 #6F48CA #CA4862 #A3CA48

square

#48CAB0 #6F48CA #CA4862 #A3CA48

split-complementary

#48CAB0 #CA48A3 #CA6F48

monochromatic

#227665 #30A58E #48CAB0 #77D8C4 #A7E5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#48CAB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#48CAB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CAB0

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CAB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CAB0	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BEAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B0B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cab0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.119 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adbc7',
    500: '#48cab0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cab0;
$custom-light: #8adbc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cab0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76109,
    "c": 0.11933,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.46753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CAB0

secondary

#D39BA6

accent

#4967DE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CAB0

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

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