#48D3A8#48D3A8

#48D3A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.135 H 168.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D3A8
RGB	rgb(72, 211, 168)
HSL	hsl(161, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(161, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 0%, 20.4%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, -47.40, 10.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 48.54, 167.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.1321 0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.135 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0310, 50.7898, 45.1008)
Luminance	0.5079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D3A8 #D34873

analogous

#48D362 #48D3A8 #48B8D3

triadic

#48D3A8 #A848D3 #D3A848

tetradic

#48D3A8 #6248D3 #D34873 #B8D348

square

#48D3A8 #6248D3 #D34873 #B8D348

split-complementary

#48D3A8 #D348B8 #D36248

monochromatic

#1F8163 #2BB389 #48D3A8 #79DFBF #ABEBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#48D3A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#48D3A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3A8

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D3A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D3A8	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC5A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB7AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d3a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.135 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be1c1',
    500: '#48d3a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d3a8;
$custom-light: #8be1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d3a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.439,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78105,
    "c": 0.13478,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D3A8

secondary

#893750

accent

#4375E4

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D3A8

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

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