#48D8A8#48D8A8

#48D8A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.141 H 166.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8A8
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 168)
HSL	hsl(160, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(160, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 22.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, -49.48, 12.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 51.06, 165.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.1371 0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.141 166.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2925, 53.3128, 45.5213)
Luminance	0.5332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8A8 #D84878

analogous

#48D860 #48D8A8 #48C0D8

triadic

#48D8A8 #A848D8 #D8A848

tetradic

#48D8A8 #6048D8 #D84878 #C0D848

square

#48D8A8 #6048D8 #D84878 #C0D848

split-complementary

#48D8A8 #D848C0 #D86048

monochromatic

#1D8965 #28BB8A #48D8A8 #7AE3C0 #ADEED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#48D8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#48D8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8A8

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8A8	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C9A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BBAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.141 166.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be5c1',
    500: '#48d8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8a8;
$custom-light: #8be5c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79338,
    "c": 0.1409,
    "h": 166.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8A8

secondary

#8F3653

accent

#4078E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8A8

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

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