#48D6AA#48D6AA

#48D6AA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.137 H 168.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D6AA
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 170)
HSL	hsl(161, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(161, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 20.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, -48.19, 10.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 49.38, 167.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% -0.1342 0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.137 168.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9710, 52.3694, 46.3404)
Luminance	0.5237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D6AA #D64874

analogous

#48D663 #48D6AA #48BBD6

triadic

#48D6AA #AA48D6 #D6AA48

tetradic

#48D6AA #6348D6 #D64874 #BBD648

square

#48D6AA #6348D6 #D64874 #BBD648

split-complementary

#48D6AA #D648BB #D66348

monochromatic

#1E8666 #29B88B #48D6AA #7AE1C1 #ACECD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#48D6AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#48D6AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6AA

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D6AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D6AA	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C8A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBAAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d6aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.137 168.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be3c3',
    500: '#48d6aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d6aa;
$custom-light: #8be3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d6aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.408,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78896,
    "c": 0.13701,
    "h": 168.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D6AA

secondary

#8C3651

accent

#4175E6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6AA

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

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