#48D5AA#48D5AA

#48D5AA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.136 H 168.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D5AA
RGB	rgb(72, 213, 170)
HSL	hsl(162, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(162, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 20.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, -47.77, 10.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 48.88, 167.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.1332 0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.136 168.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7187, 51.8648, 46.2563)
Luminance	0.5187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D5AA #D54873

analogous

#48D563 #48D5AA #48B9D5

triadic

#48D5AA #AA48D5 #D5AA48

tetradic

#48D5AA #6348D5 #D54873 #B9D548

square

#48D5AA #6348D5 #D54873 #B9D548

split-complementary

#48D5AA #D548B9 #D56348

monochromatic

#1E8465 #2AB68B #48D5AA #7AE0C1 #ACECD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#48D5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#48D5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D5AA

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D5AA	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C7A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB9AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 213, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.136 168.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be3c3',
    500: '#48d5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d5aa;
$custom-light: #8be3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.702,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7865,
    "c": 0.13579,
    "h": 168.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D5AA

secondary

#8B3650

accent

#4274E6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D5AA

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

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