#48D3AA#48D3AA

#48D3AA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.133 H 169.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D3AA
RGB	rgb(72, 211, 170)
HSL	hsl(162, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(162, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 0%, 19.4%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -46.93, 9.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 47.88, 168.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.1312 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.133 169.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2187, 50.8649, 46.0896)
Luminance	0.5087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D3AA #D34871

analogous

#48D364 #48D3AA #48B6D3

triadic

#48D3AA #AA48D3 #D3AA48

tetradic

#48D3AA #6448D3 #D34871 #B6D348

square

#48D3AA #6448D3 #D34871 #B6D348

split-complementary

#48D3AA #D348B6 #D36448

monochromatic

#1F8164 #2BB38B #48D3AA #79DFC1 #ABEBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#48D3AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#48D3AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D3AA

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D3AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D3AA	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC5A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB7AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d3aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 211, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.133 169.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be1c3',
    500: '#48d3aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d3aa;
$custom-light: #8be1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d3aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.302,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78157,
    "c": 0.13338,
    "h": 169.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D3AA

secondary

#89374F

accent

#4373E4

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D3AA

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

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