#48CEAC#48CEAC

#48CEAC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.126 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CEAC
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 172)
HSL	hsl(165, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(165, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 16.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -44.32, 6.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 44.77, 171.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% -0.1251 0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.126 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1865, 48.4954, 46.6860)
Luminance	0.4850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CEAC #CE486A

analogous

#48CE69 #48CEAC #48ADCE

triadic

#48CEAC #AC48CE #CEAC48

tetradic

#48CEAC #6948CE #CE486A #ADCE48

square

#48CEAC #6948CE #CE486A #ADCE48

split-complementary

#48CEAC #CE48AD #CE6948

monochromatic

#217B64 #2EAB8B #48CEAC #78DBC2 #A9E8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#48CEAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#48CEAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CEAC

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CEAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CEAC	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C1AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ceac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.126 172.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ceac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.776,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76979,
    "c": 0.12614,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CEAC

secondary

#D59DAB

accent

#476EE1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CEAC

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

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