#48CBAA#48CBAA

#48CBAA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.124 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBAA
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 170)
HSL	hsl(165, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(165, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 16.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -43.51, 6.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 43.92, 172.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.1229 0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.124 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2805, 46.9885, 45.4436)
Luminance	0.4699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBAA #CB4869

analogous

#48CB69 #48CBAA #48ABCB

triadic

#48CBAA #AA48CB #CBAA48

tetradic

#48CBAA #6948CB #CB4869 #ABCB48

square

#48CBAA #6948CB #CB4869 #ABCB48

split-complementary

#48CBAA #CB48AB #CB6948

monochromatic

#227761 #2FA688 #48CBAA #78D9C0 #A7E6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#48CBAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#48CBAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBAA

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBAA	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BEA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B1AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.124 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adbc3',
    500: '#48cbaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cbaa;
$custom-light: #8adbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.885,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76185,
    "c": 0.12389,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBAA

secondary

#D39BAA

accent

#496FDF

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBAA

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

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