#48D5AE#48D5AE

#48D5AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.133 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D5AE
RGB	rgb(72, 213, 174)
HSL	hsl(163, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(163, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 18.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.29, -46.83, 8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.29, 47.56, 169.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% -0.1314 0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.133 170.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1028, 52.0184, 48.2795)
Luminance	0.5202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D5AE #D5486F

analogous

#48D567 #48D5AE #48B6D5

triadic

#48D5AE #AE48D5 #D5AE48

tetradic

#48D5AE #6748D5 #D5486F #B6D548

square

#48D5AE #6748D5 #D5486F #B6D548

split-complementary

#48D5AE #D548B6 #D56748

monochromatic

#1E8468 #2AB68F #48D5AE #7AE0C4 #ACECDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#48D5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#48D5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D5AE

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D5AE	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC7AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB9B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 213, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.133 170.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be3c6',
    500: '#48d5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d5ae;
$custom-light: #8be3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.404,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78755,
    "c": 0.13307,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D5AE

secondary

#8B364E

accent

#426FE6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D5AE

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

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