#48C2A4#48C2A4

#48C2A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.117 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2A4
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 164)
HSL	hsl(165, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(165, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 15.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -41.04, 5.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 41.36, 172.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.1163 0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.117 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6619, 42.6386, 41.8343)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2A4 #C24866

analogous

#48C267 #48C2A4 #48A3C2

triadic

#48C2A4 #A448C2 #C2A448

tetradic

#48C2A4 #6748C2 #C24866 #A3C248

square

#48C2A4 #6748C2 #C24866 #A3C248

split-complementary

#48C2A4 #C248A3 #C26748

monochromatic

#246C5A #339A80 #48C2A4 #76D1BB #A4E1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#48C2A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#48C2A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2A4

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2A4	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB6A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.117 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d5bf',
    500: '#48c2a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2a4;
$custom-light: #88d5bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.246,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73793,
    "c": 0.11704,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2A4

secondary

#CE98A5

accent

#4E71DA

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2A4

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

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