#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
RGBrgb(72, 214, 165)
HSLhsl(159, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(159, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(66.4%, 0%, 22.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(77.39, -49.33, 13.27)
CIE-LCHlch(77.39, 51.09, 164.94°)
OKLaboklab(78.77% -0.1365 0.0339)
OKLCHoklch(78.77% 0.141 166)
XYZxyz(33.5070, 52.1838, 43.8966)
Luminance0.5219 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##48D6A51.001.8411.4411.44
#FFFFFF1.841.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4421.001.001.00
##00000011.4421.001.001.00

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

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#48D6A5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva