#48D4AC#48D4AC

#48D4AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.133 H 170.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48D4AC
RGBrgb(72, 212, 172)
HSLhsl(163, 62%, 56%)
HSVhsv(163, 66%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(66%, 0%, 18.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(76.94, -46.88, 8.91)
CIE-LCHlch(76.94, 47.72, 169.24°)
OKLaboklab(78.46% -0.1313 0.0228)
OKLCHoklch(78.46% 0.133 170.2)
XYZxyz(33.6586, 51.4395, 47.1767)
Luminance0.5144 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48D4AC #D44870
analogous
#48D466 #48D4AC #48B6D4
triadic
#48D4AC #AC48D4 #D4AC48
tetradic
#48D4AC #6648D4 #D44870 #B6D448
square
#48D4AC #6648D4 #D44870 #B6D448
split-complementary
#48D4AC #D448B6 #D46648
monochromatic
#1F8366 #2AB48D #48D4AC #7AE0C2 #ABEBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86
#48D4AC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29
#48D4AC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4AC
11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48D4AC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48D4AC1.001.8611.2911.29
#FFFFFF1.861.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2921.001.001.00
##00000011.2921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CEC6AA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBB8AF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D5C9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48d4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.133 170.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be2c4',
    500: '#48d4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48d4ac;
$custom-light: #8be2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48d4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78456,
    "c": 0.13322,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48D4AC
secondary
#8A364E
accent
#4371E5
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1512
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

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#48D4AC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva