#48C8A2#48C8A2

#48C8A2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.126 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8A2
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 162)
HSL	hsl(162, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(162, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 19%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.08, -44.14, 8.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.08, 45.00, 168.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.1235 0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.126 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8451, 45.2917, 41.3447)
Luminance	0.4530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8A2 #C8486E

analogous

#48C862 #48C8A2 #48AEC8

triadic

#48C8A2 #A248C8 #C8A248

tetradic

#48C8A2 #6248C8 #C8486E #AEC848

square

#48C8A2 #6248C8 #C8486E #AEC848

split-complementary

#48C8A2 #C848AE #C86248

monochromatic

#23735B #31A280 #48C8A2 #77D6BA #A6E4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#48C8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#48C8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8A2

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8A2	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BBA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AEA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.126 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9bd',
    500: '#48c8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8a2;
$custom-light: #89d9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.188,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75225,
    "c": 0.12554,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8A2

secondary

#D19AAB

accent

#4B76DD

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8A2

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