#48CDAD#48CDAD

#48CDAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.124 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDAD
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 173)
HSL	hsl(166, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(166, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 15.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -43.64, 5.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 43.97, 172.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.1236 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.124 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0429, 48.0540, 47.1137)
Luminance	0.4806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDAD #CD4868

analogous

#48CD6B #48CDAD #48ABCD

triadic

#48CDAD #AD48CD #CDAD48

tetradic

#48CDAD #6B48CD #CD4868 #ABCD48

square

#48CDAD #6B48CD #CD4868 #ABCD48

split-complementary

#48CDAD #CD48AB #CD6B48

monochromatic

#217964 #2EA98C #48CDAD #78DAC3 #A8E7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#48CDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#48CDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDAD

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDAD	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C0AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.124 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8addc5',
    500: '#48cdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdad;
$custom-light: #8addc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.564,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76761,
    "c": 0.12438,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDAD

secondary

#D59CAA

accent

#476CE0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDAD

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

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