#48D8A6#48D8A6

#48D8A6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.142 H 165.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8A6
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 166)
HSL	hsl(159, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(159, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 23.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.02, -49.93, 13.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.02, 51.76, 164.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.1381 0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.142 165.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1076, 53.2389, 44.5476)
Luminance	0.5324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8A6 #D8487A

analogous

#48D85E #48D8A6 #48C2D8

triadic

#48D8A6 #A648D8 #D8A648

tetradic

#48D8A6 #5E48D8 #D8487A #C2D848

square

#48D8A6 #5E48D8 #D8487A #C2D848

split-complementary

#48D8A6 #D848C2 #D85E48

monochromatic

#1D8963 #28BB88 #48D8A6 #7AE3BF #ADEED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#48D8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#48D8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8A6

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8A6	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C9A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BBA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.142 165.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be5c0',
    500: '#48d8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8a6;
$custom-light: #8be5c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.167,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79288,
    "c": 0.1424,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8A6

secondary

#8F3654

accent

#407AE8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8A6

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

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