#48D6A4#48D6A4

#48D6A4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.141 H 165.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D6A4
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 164)
HSL	hsl(159, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(159, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 23.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, -49.56, 13.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 51.44, 164.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.137 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.141 165.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4163, 52.1475, 43.4191)
Luminance	0.5215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D6A4 #D6487A

analogous

#48D65D #48D6A4 #48C1D6

triadic

#48D6A4 #A448D6 #D6A448

tetradic

#48D6A4 #5D48D6 #D6487A #C1D648

square

#48D6A4 #5D48D6 #D6487A #C1D648

split-complementary

#48D6A4 #D648C1 #D65D48

monochromatic

#1E8661 #29B885 #48D6A4 #7AE1BD #ACECD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#48D6A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#48D6A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6A4

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D6A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D6A4	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C7A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB9A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d6a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.141 165.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be3bf',
    500: '#48d6a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d6a4;
$custom-light: #8be3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d6a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.873,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78744,
    "c": 0.14143,
    "h": 165.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D6A4

secondary

#8C3654

accent

#417BE6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6A4

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

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