#48CAA8#48CAA8

#48CAA8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.124 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CAA8
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 168)
HSL	hsl(164, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(164, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 16.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -43.56, 6.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 44.06, 171.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.1228 0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.124 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8574, 46.4426, 44.3763)
Luminance	0.4645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CAA8 #CA486A

analogous

#48CA67 #48CAA8 #48ABCA

triadic

#48CAA8 #A848CA #CAA848

tetradic

#48CAA8 #6748CA #CA486A #ABCA48

square

#48CAA8 #6748CA #CA486A #ABCA48

split-complementary

#48CAA8 #CA48AB #CA6748

monochromatic

#227660 #30A586 #48CAA8 #77D8BF #A7E5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#48CAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#48CAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CAA8

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CAA8	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BDA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B0AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48caa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.124 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dbc1',
    500: '#48caa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48caa8;
$custom-light: #89dbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48caa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.308,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75883,
    "c": 0.12398,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CAA8

secondary

#D39BAA

accent

#4970DE

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CAA8

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

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