#48C8A6#48C8A6

#48C8A6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.123 H 172.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8A6
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 166)
HSL	hsl(164, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(164, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 17%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.18, -43.18, 6.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.18, 43.70, 171.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.1217 0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.123 172)
XYZ	xyz(30.2063, 45.4362, 43.2472)
Luminance	0.4544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8A6 #C8486A

analogous

#48C866 #48C8A6 #48AAC8

triadic

#48C8A6 #A648C8 #C8A648

tetradic

#48C8A6 #6648C8 #C8486A #AAC848

square

#48C8A6 #6648C8 #C8486A #AAC848

split-complementary

#48C8A6 #C848AA #C86648

monochromatic

#23735E #31A284 #48C8A6 #77D6BD #A6E4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#48C8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#48C8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8A6

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8A6	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BBA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.123 172.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9c0',
    500: '#48c8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8a6;
$custom-light: #89d9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.063,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75333,
    "c": 0.12288,
    "h": 172
  },
  "luminance": 0.45439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8A6

secondary

#D19AA9

accent

#4B72DD

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8A6

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

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