#48C8AA#48C8AA

#48C8AA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.120 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C8AA
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 170)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(166, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 15%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, -42.20, 4.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 42.46, 173.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.1198 0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.12 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5789, 45.5853, 45.2097)
Luminance	0.4559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C8AA #C84866

analogous

#48C86A #48C8AA #48A6C8

triadic

#48C8AA #AA48C8 #C8AA48

tetradic

#48C8AA #6A48C8 #C84866 #A6C848

square

#48C8AA #6A48C8 #C84866 #A6C848

split-complementary

#48C8AA #C848A6 #C86A48

monochromatic

#237360 #31A288 #48C8AA #77D6C0 #A6E4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#48C8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#48C8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C8AA

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C8AA	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.120 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9c3',
    500: '#48c8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c8aa;
$custom-light: #89d9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.938,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75445,
    "c": 0.12042,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C8AA

secondary

#D19AA7

accent

#4B6DDD

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C8AA

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

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