#48CCAE#48CCAE

#48CCAE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.123 H 174.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CCAE
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 174)
HSL	hsl(166, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(166, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 14.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.58, -42.96, 4.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.58, 43.19, 174.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% -0.1221 0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.123 174.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9016, 47.6160, 47.5457)
Luminance	0.4762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CCAE #CC4866

analogous

#48CC6C #48CCAE #48A8CC

triadic

#48CCAE #AE48CC #CCAE48

tetradic

#48CCAE #6C48CC #CC4866 #A8CC48

square

#48CCAE #6C48CC #CC4866 #A8CC48

split-complementary

#48CCAE #CC48A8 #CC6C48

monochromatic

#217864 #2FA88C #48CCAE #78D9C3 #A8E7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#48CCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#48CCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CCAE

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CCAE	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)

#C5C0AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B2B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ccae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.123 174.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adcc6',
    500: '#48ccae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ccae;
$custom-light: #8adcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ccae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.364,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76543,
    "c": 0.12265,
    "h": 174.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CCAE

secondary

#D49CA9

accent

#486BE0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CCAE

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

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