#48C2A3#48C2A3

#48C2A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.118 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2A3
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 163)
HSL	hsl(165, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(165, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 16%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -41.28, 5.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 41.67, 172.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.1168 0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.118 173)
XYZ	xyz(28.5719, 42.6026, 41.3606)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2A3 #C24867

analogous

#48C266 #48C2A3 #48A4C2

triadic

#48C2A3 #A348C2 #C2A348

tetradic

#48C2A3 #6648C2 #C24867 #A4C248

square

#48C2A3 #6648C2 #C24867 #A4C248

split-complementary

#48C2A3 #C248A4 #C26648

monochromatic

#246C59 #339A80 #48C2A3 #76D1BA #A4E1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#48C2A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#48C2A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2A3

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2A3	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB6A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA9A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.118 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d5be',
    500: '#48c2a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2a3;
$custom-light: #88d5be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.754,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73764,
    "c": 0.11765,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.42606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2A3

secondary

#CE98A6

accent

#4E72DA

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2A3

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

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