#48D8A5#48D8A5

#48D8A5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.143 H 165.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8A5
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 165)
HSL	hsl(159, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(159, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 23.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, -50.16, 14.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 52.10, 164.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.1385 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.143 165.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0163, 53.2023, 44.0664)
Luminance	0.5321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8A5 #D8487B

analogous

#48D85D #48D8A5 #48C3D8

triadic

#48D8A5 #A548D8 #D8A548

tetradic

#48D8A5 #5D48D8 #D8487B #C3D848

square

#48D8A5 #5D48D8 #D8487B #C3D848

split-complementary

#48D8A5 #D848C3 #D85D48

monochromatic

#1D8962 #28BB87 #48D8A5 #7AE3BE #ADEED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#48D8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#48D8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8A5

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8A5	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C9A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BBA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.143 165.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be5bf',
    500: '#48d8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8a5;
$custom-light: #8be5bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.75,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79263,
    "c": 0.14316,
    "h": 165.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8A5

secondary

#8F3655

accent

#407BE8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8A5

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

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