#48C8A3#48C8A3

#48C8A3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.125 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8A3
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 163)
HSL	hsl(163, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(163, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 18.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, -43.90, 8.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 44.67, 169.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.1231 0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.125 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9343, 45.3274, 41.8147)
Luminance	0.4533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8A3 #C8486D

analogous

#48C863 #48C8A3 #48ADC8

triadic

#48C8A3 #A348C8 #C8A348

tetradic

#48C8A3 #6348C8 #C8486D #ADC848

square

#48C8A3 #6348C8 #C8486D #ADC848

split-complementary

#48C8A3 #C848AD #C86348

monochromatic

#23735C #31A281 #48C8A3 #77D6BB #A6E4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#48C8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#48C8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8A3

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8A3	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BBA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AEA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.125 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9be',
    500: '#48c8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8a3;
$custom-light: #89d9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.656,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75252,
    "c": 0.12486,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8A3

secondary

#D19AAA

accent

#4B75DD

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8A3

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

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