#48CEA3#48CEA3

#48CEA3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.132 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CEA3
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 163)
HSL	hsl(161, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(161, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 20.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, -46.46, 10.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 47.71, 166.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.1293 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.132 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3513, 48.1613, 42.2870)
Luminance	0.4817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CEA3 #CE4873

analogous

#48CE60 #48CEA3 #48B6CE

triadic

#48CEA3 #A348CE #CEA348

tetradic

#48CEA3 #6048CE #CE4873 #B6CE48

square

#48CEA3 #6048CE #CE4873 #B6CE48

split-complementary

#48CEA3 #CE48B6 #CE6048

monochromatic

#217B5E #2EAB83 #48CEA3 #78DBBB #A9E8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#48CEA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#48CEA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CEA3

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CEA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CEA3	1.00	1.97	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C0A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B3A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.132 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adebe',
    500: '#48cea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cea3;
$custom-light: #8adebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.746,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76738,
    "c": 0.13223,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CEA3

secondary

#D59DAF

accent

#4778E1

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CEA3

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →