#48CCAD#48CCAD

#48CCAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.123 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCAD
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 173)
HSL	hsl(166, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(166, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 15.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -43.21, 4.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 43.49, 173.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.1226 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.123 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8045, 47.5771, 47.0342)
Luminance	0.4758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCAD #CC4867

analogous

#48CC6B #48CCAD #48A9CC

triadic

#48CCAD #AD48CC #CCAD48

tetradic

#48CCAD #6B48CC #CC4867 #A9CC48

square

#48CCAD #6B48CC #CC4867 #A9CC48

split-complementary

#48CCAD #CC48A9 #CC6B48

monochromatic

#217864 #2FA88C #48CCAD #78D9C2 #A8E7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#48CCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#48CCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCAD

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCAD	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BFAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ccad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.123 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adcc5',
    500: '#48ccad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ccad;
$custom-light: #8adcc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ccad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.909,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76515,
    "c": 0.12324,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCAD

secondary

#D49CA9

accent

#486CE0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCAD

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

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