#48CBAE#48CBAE

#48CBAE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.122 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CBAE
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 174)
HSL	hsl(167, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(167, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 14.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, -42.52, 4.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 42.71, 174.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.1211 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.122 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6647, 47.1421, 47.4668)
Luminance	0.4715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CBAE #CB4865

analogous

#48CB6D #48CBAE #48A7CB

triadic

#48CBAE #AE48CB #CBAE48

tetradic

#48CBAE #6D48CB #CB4865 #A7CB48

square

#48CBAE #6D48CB #CB4865 #A7CB48

split-complementary

#48CBAE #CB48A7 #CB6D48

monochromatic

#227764 #2FA68C #48CBAE #78D9C3 #A7E6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#48CBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#48CBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CBAE

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CBAE	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BFAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B1B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.122 175.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.718,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76297,
    "c": 0.12153,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CBAE

secondary

#D39BA8

accent

#496ADF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CBAE

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

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