#48D8A3#48D8A3

#48D8A3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.145 H 164.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8A3
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 163)
HSL	hsl(158, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(158, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 24.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.95, -50.60, 15.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.95, 52.81, 163.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% -0.1394 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.145 164.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8356, 53.1301, 43.1152)
Luminance	0.5313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8A3 #D8487D

analogous

#48D85B #48D8A3 #48C5D8

triadic

#48D8A3 #A348D8 #D8A348

tetradic

#48D8A3 #5B48D8 #D8487D #C5D848

square

#48D8A3 #5B48D8 #D8487D #C5D848

split-complementary

#48D8A3 #D848C5 #D85B48

monochromatic

#1D8961 #28BB85 #48D8A3 #7AE3BC #ADEED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#48D8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#48D8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8A3

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8A3	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C9A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BBA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.145 164.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be5be',
    500: '#48d8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8a3;
$custom-light: #8be5be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.917,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79215,
    "c": 0.1447,
    "h": 164.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8A3

secondary

#8F3656

accent

#407EE8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8A3

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

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