#48C8A1#48C8A1

#48C8A1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.126 H 169.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8A1
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 161)
HSL	hsl(162, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(162, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 19.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -44.37, 9.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 45.33, 168.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.124 0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.126 169.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7565, 45.2563, 40.8784)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8A1 #C8486F

analogous

#48C861 #48C8A1 #48AFC8

triadic

#48C8A1 #A148C8 #C8A148

tetradic

#48C8A1 #6148C8 #C8486F #AFC848

square

#48C8A1 #6148C8 #C8486F #AFC848

split-complementary

#48C8A1 #C848AF #C86148

monochromatic

#23735B #31A280 #48C8A1 #77D6B9 #A6E4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#48C8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#48C8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8A1

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8A1	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BB9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AEA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.126 169.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9bc',
    500: '#48c8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8a1;
$custom-light: #89d9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.719,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75198,
    "c": 0.12625,
    "h": 169.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8A1

secondary

#D19AAB

accent

#4B77DD

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8A1

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

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