#48C8A9#48C8A9

#48C8A9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.121 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8A9
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 169)
HSL	hsl(165, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(165, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 15.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, -42.45, 5.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 42.77, 172.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.1203 0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.121 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4847, 45.5476, 44.7134)
Luminance	0.4555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8A9 #C84867

analogous

#48C869 #48C8A9 #48A7C8

triadic

#48C8A9 #A948C8 #C8A948

tetradic

#48C8A9 #6948C8 #C84867 #A7C848

square

#48C8A9 #6948C8 #C84867 #A7C848

split-complementary

#48C8A9 #C848A7 #C86948

monochromatic

#237360 #31A287 #48C8A9 #77D6BF #A6E4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#48C8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#48C8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8A9

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8A9	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BCA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.121 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9c2',
    500: '#48c8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8a9;
$custom-light: #89d9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.469,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75417,
    "c": 0.12102,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8A9

secondary

#D19AA8

accent

#4B6EDD

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8A9

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

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