#48CEAF#48CEAF

#48CEAF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.124 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CEAF
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 175)
HSL	hsl(166, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(166, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 15%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -43.58, 4.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 43.85, 173.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.1237 0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.124 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4779, 48.6119, 48.2205)
Luminance	0.4862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CEAF #CE4867

analogous

#48CE6C #48CEAF #48AACE

triadic

#48CEAF #AF48CE #CEAF48

tetradic

#48CEAF #6C48CE #CE4867 #AACE48

square

#48CEAF #6C48CE #CE4867 #AACE48

split-complementary

#48CEAF #CE48AA #CE6C48

monochromatic

#217B66 #2EAB8E #48CEAF #78DBC4 #A9E8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#48CEAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#48CEAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CEAF

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CEAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CEAF	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)

#C7C1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B3B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ceaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.124 174.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ceaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.119,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77063,
    "c": 0.12434,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CEAF

secondary

#D59DAA

accent

#476AE1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CEAF

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

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