#48D6A5#48D6A5

#48D6A5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.141 H 166.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D6A5
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 165)
HSL	hsl(159, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(159, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 22.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, -49.33, 13.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 51.09, 164.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.1365 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.141 166)
XYZ	xyz(33.5070, 52.1838, 43.8966)
Luminance	0.5219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D6A5 #D64879

analogous

#48D65E #48D6A5 #48C0D6

triadic

#48D6A5 #A548D6 #D6A548

tetradic

#48D6A5 #5E48D6 #D64879 #C0D648

square

#48D6A5 #5E48D6 #D64879 #C0D648

split-complementary

#48D6A5 #D648C0 #D65E48

monochromatic

#1E8662 #29B886 #48D6A5 #7AE1BE #ACECD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#48D6A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#48D6A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6A5

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D6A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D6A5	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C7A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBAA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d6a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.141 166.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be3bf',
    500: '#48d6a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d6a5;
$custom-light: #8be3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d6a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.296,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78769,
    "c": 0.14067,
    "h": 166
  },
  "luminance": 0.52187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D6A5

secondary

#8C3654

accent

#417AE6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6A5

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

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