#48D8A0#48D8A0

#48D8A0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.147 H 163.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8A0
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 160)
HSL	hsl(157, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(157, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 25.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, -51.26, 16.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 53.89, 162.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.1408 0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.147 163.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5700, 53.0238, 41.7163)
Luminance	0.5303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8A0 #D84880

analogous

#48D858 #48D8A0 #48C8D8

triadic

#48D8A0 #A048D8 #D8A048

tetradic

#48D8A0 #5848D8 #D84880 #C8D848

square

#48D8A0 #5848D8 #D84880 #C8D848

split-complementary

#48D8A0 #D848C8 #D85848

monochromatic

#1D895F #28BB82 #48D8A0 #7AE3BA #ADEED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#48D8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#48D8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8A0

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8A0	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C99D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BBA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.147 163.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be5bc',
    500: '#48d8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8a0;
$custom-light: #8be5bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.667,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79142,
    "c": 0.14708,
    "h": 163.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8A0

secondary

#8F3658

accent

#4081E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8A0

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

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