#48CDAE#48CDAE

#48CDAE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.124 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDAE
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 174)
HSL	hsl(166, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(166, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 15.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -43.40, 4.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 43.67, 173.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.1232 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.124 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1401, 48.0928, 47.6252)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDAE #CD4867

analogous

#48CD6C #48CDAE #48AACD

triadic

#48CDAE #AE48CD #CDAE48

tetradic

#48CDAE #6C48CD #CD4867 #AACD48

square

#48CDAE #6C48CD #CD4867 #AACD48

split-complementary

#48CDAE #CD48AA #CD6C48

monochromatic

#217965 #2EA98D #48CDAE #78DAC3 #A8E7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#48CDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#48CDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDAE

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDAE	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C0AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B3B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.124 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8addc6',
    500: '#48cdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cdae;
$custom-light: #8addc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.015,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76789,
    "c": 0.12379,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDAE

secondary

#D59CA9

accent

#476BE0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDAE

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

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