#48CFAD#48CFAD

#48CFAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.127 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CFAD
RGB	rgb(72, 207, 173)
HSL	hsl(165, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(165, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 0%, 16.4%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, -44.51, 6.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 44.94, 172.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% -0.1257 0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.127 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5244, 49.0169, 47.2742)
Luminance	0.4902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CFAD #CF486A

analogous

#48CF6A #48CFAD #48AECF

triadic

#48CFAD #AD48CF #CFAD48

tetradic

#48CFAD #6A48CF #CF486A #AECF48

square

#48CFAD #6A48CF #CF486A #AECF48

split-complementary

#48CFAD #CF48AE #CF6A48

monochromatic

#217C65 #2DAD8C #48CFAD #78DCC3 #A9E8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#48CFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#48CFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CFAD

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CFAD	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C2AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cfad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 207, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.127 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adec5',
    500: '#48cfad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cfad;
$custom-light: #8adec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cfad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.889,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77253,
    "c": 0.12668,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CFAD

secondary

#D69DAB

accent

#466DE2

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CFAD

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

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