#48C8A7#48C8A7

#48C8A7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.122 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8A7
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 167)
HSL	hsl(165, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(165, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 16.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.20, -42.94, 6.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.20, 43.39, 171.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.1212 0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.122 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2984, 45.4730, 43.7321)
Luminance	0.4548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8A7 #C84869

analogous

#48C867 #48C8A7 #48A9C8

triadic

#48C8A7 #A748C8 #C8A748

tetradic

#48C8A7 #6748C8 #C84869 #A9C848

square

#48C8A7 #6748C8 #C84869 #A9C848

split-complementary

#48C8A7 #C848A9 #C86748

monochromatic

#23735E #31A285 #48C8A7 #77D6BE #A6E4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#48C8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#48C8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8A7

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8A7	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BBA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.122 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9c1',
    500: '#48c8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8a7;
$custom-light: #89d9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.531,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75361,
    "c": 0.12225,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8A7

secondary

#D19AA9

accent

#4B70DD

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8A7

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

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