#48CFA5#48CFA5

#48CFA5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.132 H 168.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CFA5
RGB	rgb(72, 207, 165)
HSL	hsl(161, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(161, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 0%, 20.3%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -46.41, 10.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 47.54, 167.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.1294 0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.132 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7734, 48.7165, 43.3187)
Luminance	0.4872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CFA5 #CF4872

analogous

#48CF61 #48CFA5 #48B6CF

triadic

#48CFA5 #A548CF #CFA548

tetradic

#48CFA5 #6148CF #CF4872 #B6CF48

square

#48CFA5 #6148CF #CF4872 #B6CF48

split-complementary

#48CFA5 #CF48B6 #CF6148

monochromatic

#217C60 #2DAD85 #48CFA5 #78DCBD #A9E8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#48CFA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#48CFA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CFA5

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CFA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CFA5	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC1A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B4A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cfa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 207, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.132 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adebf',
    500: '#48cfa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cfa5;
$custom-light: #8adebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cfa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.333,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77038,
    "c": 0.13202,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CFA5

secondary

#D69DAF

accent

#4677E2

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CFA5

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

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