#48D6AC#48D6AC

#48D6AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.136 H 169.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D6AC
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 172)
HSL	hsl(162, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(162, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 19.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, -47.72, 9.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 48.71, 168.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.1333 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.136 169.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1616, 52.4456, 47.3444)
Luminance	0.5245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D6AC #D64872

analogous

#48D665 #48D6AC #48B9D6

triadic

#48D6AC #AC48D6 #D6AC48

tetradic

#48D6AC #6548D6 #D64872 #B9D648

square

#48D6AC #6548D6 #D64872 #B9D648

split-complementary

#48D6AC #D648B9 #D66548

monochromatic

#1E8667 #29B88E #48D6AC #7AE1C3 #ACECD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#48D6AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#48D6AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6AC

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D6AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D6AC	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C8AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBAAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d6ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.136 169.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be3c4',
    500: '#48d6ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d6ac;
$custom-light: #8be3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d6ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.254,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78948,
    "c": 0.13561,
    "h": 169.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D6AC

secondary

#8C364F

accent

#4172E6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6AC

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

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