#48C8A0#48C8A0

#48C8A0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.127 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8A0
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 160)
HSL	hsl(161, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(161, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 20%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -44.61, 9.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 45.67, 167.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.1245 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.127 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6687, 45.2212, 40.4159)
Luminance	0.4522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8A0 #C84870

analogous

#48C860 #48C8A0 #48B0C8

triadic

#48C8A0 #A048C8 #C8A048

tetradic

#48C8A0 #6048C8 #C84870 #B0C848

square

#48C8A0 #6048C8 #C84870 #B0C848

split-complementary

#48C8A0 #C848B0 #C86048

monochromatic

#23735A #31A27F #48C8A0 #77D6B8 #A6E4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#48C8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#48C8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8A0

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8A0	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BB9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AEA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.127 168.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9bc',
    500: '#48c8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8a0;
$custom-light: #89d9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.25,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75172,
    "c": 0.12695,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8A0

secondary

#D19AAC

accent

#4B78DD

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8A0

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

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