#48C7A1#48C7A1

#48C7A1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.125 H 169.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C7A1
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 161)
HSL	hsl(162, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(162, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 19.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -43.94, 8.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 44.82, 168.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.1229 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.125 169.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5257, 44.7946, 40.8015)
Luminance	0.4480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C7A1 #C7486E

analogous

#48C761 #48C7A1 #48AEC7

triadic

#48C7A1 #A148C7 #C7A148

tetradic

#48C7A1 #6148C7 #C7486E #AEC748

square

#48C7A1 #6148C7 #C7486E #AEC748

split-complementary

#48C7A1 #C748AE #C76148

monochromatic

#23725A #31A17F #48C7A1 #77D5B9 #A6E4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#48C7A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#48C7A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C7A1

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C7A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C7A1	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BA9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0ADA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c7a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.125 169.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9bc',
    500: '#48c7a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c7a1;
$custom-light: #89d9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c7a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.047,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7495,
    "c": 0.12501,
    "h": 169.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C7A1

secondary

#D19AAA

accent

#4B77DD

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C7A1

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

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