#48D4AB#48D4AB

#48D4AB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.134 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4AB
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 171)
HSL	hsl(162, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(162, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 19.3%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.92, -47.12, 9.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.92, 48.05, 168.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% -0.1317 0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.134 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5629, 51.4013, 46.6728)
Luminance	0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4AB #D44871

analogous

#48D465 #48D4AB #48B7D4

triadic

#48D4AB #AB48D4 #D4AB48

tetradic

#48D4AB #6548D4 #D44871 #B7D448

square

#48D4AB #6548D4 #D44871 #B7D448

split-complementary

#48D4AB #D448B7 #D46548

monochromatic

#1F8366 #2AB48C #48D4AB #7AE0C2 #ABEBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#48D4AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#48D4AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4AB

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4AB	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC6A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB8AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.134 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be2c4',
    500: '#48d4ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4ab;
$custom-light: #8be2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.429,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7843,
    "c": 0.1339,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4AB

secondary

#8A364F

accent

#4372E5

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4AB

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

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