#48CEAD#48CEAD

#48CEAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.126 H 173.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CEAD
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 173)
HSL	hsl(165, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(165, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 16%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -44.08, 5.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 44.46, 172.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.1247 0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.126 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2829, 48.5339, 47.1937)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CEAD #CE4869

analogous

#48CE6A #48CEAD #48ACCE

triadic

#48CEAD #AD48CE #CEAD48

tetradic

#48CEAD #6A48CE #CE4869 #ACCE48

square

#48CEAD #6A48CE #CE4869 #ACCE48

split-complementary

#48CEAD #CE48AC #CE6A48

monochromatic

#217B65 #2EAB8C #48CEAD #78DBC3 #A9E8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#48CEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#48CEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CEAD

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CEAD	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C1AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.126 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adec5',
    500: '#48cead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cead;
$custom-light: #8adec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.224,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77007,
    "c": 0.12553,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CEAD

secondary

#D59DAB

accent

#476DE1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CEAD

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

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