#48CDAB#48CDAB

#48CDAB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.126 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDAB
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 171)
HSL	hsl(165, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(165, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 16.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -44.13, 6.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 44.59, 171.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% -0.1246 0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.126 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8509, 47.9772, 46.1021)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDAB #CD486A

analogous

#48CD69 #48CDAB #48ADCD

triadic

#48CDAB #AB48CD #CDAB48

tetradic

#48CDAB #6948CD #CD486A #ADCD48

square

#48CDAB #6948CD #CD486A #ADCD48

split-complementary

#48CDAB #CD48AD #CD6948

monochromatic

#217963 #2EA98A #48CDAB #78DAC1 #A8E7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#48CDAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#48CDAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDAB

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDAB	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C0A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B3AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.126 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8addc4',
    500: '#48cdab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdab;
$custom-light: #8addc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.662,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76705,
    "c": 0.12561,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDAB

secondary

#D59CAB

accent

#476FE0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDAB

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

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