#48CEAB#48CEAB

#48CEAB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.127 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CEAB
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 171)
HSL	hsl(164, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(164, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 17%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -44.56, 6.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 45.08, 171.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% -0.1256 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.127 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0908, 48.4571, 46.1821)
Luminance	0.4846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CEAB #CE486B

analogous

#48CE68 #48CEAB #48AECE

triadic

#48CEAB #AB48CE #CEAB48

tetradic

#48CEAB #6848CE #CE486B #AECE48

square

#48CEAB #6848CE #CE486B #AECE48

split-complementary

#48CEAB #CE48AE #CE6848

monochromatic

#217B63 #2EAB8A #48CEAB #78DBC1 #A9E8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#48CEAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#48CEAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CEAB

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CEAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CEAB	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C1A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B3AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ceab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.127 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adec4',
    500: '#48ceab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ceab;
$custom-light: #8adec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ceab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.328,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76952,
    "c": 0.12677,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CEAB

secondary

#D59DAB

accent

#476FE1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CEAB

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

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