#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
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 172)
HSL	hsl(163, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(163, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 18.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, -46.88, 8.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 47.72, 169.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.1313 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.133 170.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6586, 51.4395, 47.1767)
Luminance	0.5144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##48D4AC	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48D4AC

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

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