#48D4AD#48D4AD

#48D4AD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.133 H 170.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4AD
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 173)
HSL	hsl(163, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(163, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 18.4%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -46.64, 8.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 47.39, 169.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% -0.1308 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.133 170.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7550, 51.4781, 47.6844)
Luminance	0.5148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4AD #D4486F

analogous

#48D467 #48D4AD #48B5D4

triadic

#48D4AD #AD48D4 #D4AD48

tetradic

#48D4AD #6748D4 #D4486F #B5D448

square

#48D4AD #6748D4 #D4486F #B5D448

split-complementary

#48D4AD #D448B5 #D46748

monochromatic

#1F8367 #2AB48E #48D4AD #7AE0C3 #ABEBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#48D4AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#48D4AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4AD

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4AD	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC6AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB8B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.133 170.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be2c5',
    500: '#48d4ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4ad;
$custom-light: #8be2c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.286,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78483,
    "c": 0.13255,
    "h": 170.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4AD

secondary

#8A364E

accent

#4370E5

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4AD

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

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