#48CFAE#48CFAE

#48CFAE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.126 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CFAE
RGB	rgb(72, 207, 174)
HSL	hsl(165, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(165, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 0%, 15.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, -44.26, 5.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 44.63, 172.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.1252 0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.126 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6215, 49.0558, 47.7857)
Luminance	0.4906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CFAE #CF4869

analogous

#48CF6A #48CFAE #48ADCF

triadic

#48CFAE #AE48CF #CFAE48

tetradic

#48CFAE #6A48CF #CF4869 #ADCF48

square

#48CFAE #6A48CF #CF4869 #ADCF48

split-complementary

#48CFAE #CF48AD #CF6A48

monochromatic

#217C66 #2DAD8D #48CFAE #78DCC3 #A9E8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#48CFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#48CFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CFAE

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CFAE	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B4B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cfae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 207, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.126 173.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cfae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.333,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77281,
    "c": 0.12607,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CFAE

secondary

#D69DAB

accent

#466CE2

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CFAE

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

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