#48C8A8#48C8A8

#48C8A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.122 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8A8
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 168)
HSL	hsl(165, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(165, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 16%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, -42.69, 5.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 43.07, 172.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.1208 0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.122 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3912, 45.5102, 44.2209)
Luminance	0.4551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8A8 #C84868

analogous

#48C868 #48C8A8 #48A8C8

triadic

#48C8A8 #A848C8 #C8A848

tetradic

#48C8A8 #6848C8 #C84868 #A8C848

square

#48C8A8 #6848C8 #C84868 #A8C848

split-complementary

#48C8A8 #C848A8 #C86848

monochromatic

#23735F #31A286 #48C8A8 #77D6BE #A6E4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#48C8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#48C8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8A8

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8A8	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)

#C2BCA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.122 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9c1',
    500: '#48c8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8a8;
$custom-light: #89d9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75389,
    "c": 0.12163,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8A8

secondary

#D19AA8

accent

#4B6FDD

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8A8

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

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