#48D1AE#48D1AE

#48D1AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.128 H 172.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D1AE
RGB	rgb(72, 209, 174)
HSL	hsl(165, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(165, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 16.7%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -45.12, 6.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 45.61, 171.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.1273 0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.128 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1091, 50.0310, 47.9482)
Luminance	0.5003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D1AE #D1486B

analogous

#48D16A #48D1AE #48AFD1

triadic

#48D1AE #AE48D1 #D1AE48

tetradic

#48D1AE #6A48D1 #D1486B #AFD148

square

#48D1AE #6A48D1 #D1486B #AFD148

split-complementary

#48D1AE #D148AF #D16A48

monochromatic

#207F67 #2CB08E #48D1AE #79DDC4 #AAEAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#48D1AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#48D1AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D1AE

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D1AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D1AE	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC4AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B6B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d1ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 209, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.128 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be0c6',
    500: '#48d1ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d1ae;
$custom-light: #8be0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d1ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.672,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77772,
    "c": 0.12838,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D1AE

secondary

#86374B

accent

#456DE3

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D1AE

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

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