#48CAC1#48CAC1

#48CAC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.113 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CAC1
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 193)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(176, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 4.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, -37.14, -5.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 37.62, 189.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.1115 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.113 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4143, 47.4653, 57.8425)
Luminance	0.4747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CAC1 #CA4851

analogous

#48CA80 #48CAC1 #4892CA

triadic

#48CAC1 #C148CA #CAC148

tetradic

#48CAC1 #8048CA #CA4851 #92CA48

square

#48CAC1 #8048CA #CA4851 #92CA48

split-complementary

#48CAC1 #CA4892 #CA8048

monochromatic

#227670 #30A59D #48CAC1 #77D8D1 #A7E5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#48CAC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#48CAC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CAC1

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CAC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CAC1	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC0C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB1C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cac1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.113 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdad3',
    500: '#48cac1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cac1;
$custom-light: #8bdad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cac1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.846,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76632,
    "c": 0.1128,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CAC1

secondary

#D39B9F

accent

#4954DE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CAC1

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

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