#48CEAE#48CEAE

#48CEAE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.125 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CEAE
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 174)
HSL	hsl(166, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(166, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 15.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -43.83, 5.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 44.15, 173.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.1242 0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.125 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3800, 48.5728, 47.7052)
Luminance	0.4858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CEAE #CE4868

analogous

#48CE6B #48CEAE #48ABCE

triadic

#48CEAE #AE48CE #CEAE48

tetradic

#48CEAE #6B48CE #CE4868 #ABCE48

square

#48CEAE #6B48CE #CE4868 #ABCE48

split-complementary

#48CEAE #CE48AB #CE6B48

monochromatic

#217B65 #2EAB8D #48CEAE #78DBC3 #A9E8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#48CEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#48CEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CEAE

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CEAE	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B3B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ceae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.125 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adec6',
    500: '#48ceae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ceae;
$custom-light: #8adec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ceae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.672,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77035,
    "c": 0.12493,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CEAE

secondary

#D59DAA

accent

#476CE1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CEAE

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

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