#48C8A4#48C8A4

#48C8A4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.124 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8A4
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 164)
HSL	hsl(163, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(163, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 18%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -43.66, 7.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 44.34, 169.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.1226 0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.124 170.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0243, 45.3634, 42.2885)
Luminance	0.4537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8A4 #C8486C

analogous

#48C864 #48C8A4 #48ACC8

triadic

#48C8A4 #A448C8 #C8A448

tetradic

#48C8A4 #6448C8 #C8486C #ACC848

square

#48C8A4 #6448C8 #C8486C #ACC848

split-complementary

#48C8A4 #C848AC #C86448

monochromatic

#23735C #31A282 #48C8A4 #77D6BB #A6E4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#48C8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#48C8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8A4

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8A4	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	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)

#C2BBA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.124 170.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9bf',
    500: '#48c8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8a4;
$custom-light: #89d9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.125,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75279,
    "c": 0.12419,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8A4

secondary

#D19AAA

accent

#4B74DD

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8A4

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

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