#48D6AE#48D6AE

#48D6AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.134 H 170.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D6AE
RGB	rgb(72, 214, 174)
HSL	hsl(163, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(163, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 18.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, -47.25, 8.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 48.06, 169.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.1324 0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.134 170.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3551, 52.5230, 48.3636)
Luminance	0.5253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D6AE #D64870

analogous

#48D667 #48D6AE #48B7D6

triadic

#48D6AE #AE48D6 #D6AE48

tetradic

#48D6AE #6748D6 #D64870 #B7D648

square

#48D6AE #6748D6 #D64870 #B7D648

split-complementary

#48D6AE #D648B7 #D66748

monochromatic

#1E8668 #29B890 #48D6AE #7AE1C4 #ACECDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#48D6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#48D6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D6AE

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D6AE	1.00	1.83	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C8AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBAB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 214, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.134 170.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be3c6',
    500: '#48d6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d6ae;
$custom-light: #8be3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.099,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79001,
    "c": 0.13425,
    "h": 170.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D6AE

secondary

#8C364E

accent

#4170E6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D6AE

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

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