#48D8A1#48D8A1

#48D8A1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.146 H 163.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8A1
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 161)
HSL	hsl(157, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(157, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 25.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.91, -51.04, 16.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.91, 53.53, 162.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% -0.1404 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.146 163.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6579, 53.0590, 42.1789)
Luminance	0.5306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8A1 #D8487F

analogous

#48D859 #48D8A1 #48C7D8

triadic

#48D8A1 #A148D8 #D8A148

tetradic

#48D8A1 #5948D8 #D8487F #C7D848

square

#48D8A1 #5948D8 #D8487F #C7D848

split-complementary

#48D8A1 #D848C7 #D85948

monochromatic

#1D895F #28BB83 #48D8A1 #7AE3BB #ADEED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#48D8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#48D8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8A1

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8A1	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)

#D4C99E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BBA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.146 163.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be5bd',
    500: '#48d8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8a1;
$custom-light: #8be5bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.083,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79166,
    "c": 0.14628,
    "h": 163.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8A1

secondary

#8F3658

accent

#4080E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8A1

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

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