#48D8AA#48D8AA

#48D8AA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.139 H 167.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8AA
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 170)
HSL	hsl(161, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(161, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 21.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, -49.02, 11.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 50.38, 166.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.1362 0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.139 167.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4803, 53.3879, 46.5101)
Luminance	0.5339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8AA #D84876

analogous

#48D862 #48D8AA #48BED8

triadic

#48D8AA #AA48D8 #D8AA48

tetradic

#48D8AA #6248D8 #D84876 #BED848

square

#48D8AA #6248D8 #D84876 #BED848

split-complementary

#48D8AA #D848BE #D86248

monochromatic

#1D8966 #28BB8C #48D8AA #7AE3C1 #ADEED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#48D8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#48D8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8AA

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8AA	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C9A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBBAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.139 167.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5c3',
    500: '#48d8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8aa;
$custom-light: #8ce5c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.833,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79389,
    "c": 0.13944,
    "h": 167.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8AA

secondary

#8F3652

accent

#4076E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8AA

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

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