#48C8A5#48C8A5

#48C8A5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.124 H 171.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8A5
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 165)
HSL	hsl(164, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(164, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 17.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.15, -43.42, 7.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.15, 44.02, 170.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.1221 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.124 171.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1149, 45.3997, 42.7659)
Luminance	0.4540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8A5 #C8486B

analogous

#48C865 #48C8A5 #48ABC8

triadic

#48C8A5 #A548C8 #C8A548

tetradic

#48C8A5 #6548C8 #C8486B #ABC848

square

#48C8A5 #6548C8 #C8486B #ABC848

split-complementary

#48C8A5 #C848AB #C86548

monochromatic

#23735D #31A283 #48C8A5 #77D6BC #A6E4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#48C8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#48C8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8A5

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8A5	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BBA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.124 171.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9bf',
    500: '#48c8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8a5;
$custom-light: #89d9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.594,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75306,
    "c": 0.12353,
    "h": 171.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8A5

secondary

#D19AA9

accent

#4B73DD

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8A5

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

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