#48D4AE#48D4AE

#48D4AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.132 H 171.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D4AE
RGB	rgb(72, 212, 174)
HSL	hsl(164, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(164, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 17.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, -46.40, 7.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 47.07, 170.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% -0.1303 0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.132 171.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8521, 51.5169, 48.1959)
Luminance	0.5152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D4AE #D4486E

analogous

#48D468 #48D4AE #48B4D4

triadic

#48D4AE #AE48D4 #D4AE48

tetradic

#48D4AE #6848D4 #D4486E #B4D448

square

#48D4AE #6848D4 #D4486E #B4D448

split-complementary

#48D4AE #D448B4 #D46848

monochromatic

#1F8368 #2AB48F #48D4AE #7AE0C4 #ABEBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#48D4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#48D4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D4AE

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D4AE	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)

#CEC6AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB8B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 212, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.132 171.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be2c6',
    500: '#48d4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d4ae;
$custom-light: #8be2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.714,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7851,
    "c": 0.13189,
    "h": 171.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D4AE

secondary

#8A364D

accent

#436FE5

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D4AE

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

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