#48CAC5#48CAC5

#48CAC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.112 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CAC5
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 197)
HSL	hsl(178, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 2.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -36.05, -7.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 36.92, 192.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.1098 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.112 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8665, 47.6462, 60.2243)
Luminance	0.4765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CAC5 #CA484D

analogous

#48CA84 #48CAC5 #488ECA

triadic

#48CAC5 #C548CA #CAC548

tetradic

#48CAC5 #8448CA #CA484D #8ECA48

square

#48CAC5 #8448CA #CA484D #8ECA48

split-complementary

#48CAC5 #CA488E #CA8448

monochromatic

#227672 #30A5A0 #48CAC5 #77D8D4 #A7E5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#48CAC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#48CAC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CAC5

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CAC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CAC5	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC0C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB1C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cac5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.112 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdad6',
    500: '#48cac5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cac5;
$custom-light: #8bdad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cac5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.692,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76764,
    "c": 0.11202,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CAC5

secondary

#D39B9D

accent

#494FDE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CAC5

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

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