#48D8AC#48D8AC

#48D8AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.138 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8AC
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 172)
HSL	hsl(162, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(162, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 20.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, -48.56, 10.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 49.70, 167.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.1353 0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.138 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6709, 53.4642, 47.5141)
Luminance	0.5347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8AC #D84874

analogous

#48D864 #48D8AC #48BCD8

triadic

#48D8AC #AC48D8 #D8AC48

tetradic

#48D8AC #6448D8 #D84874 #BCD848

square

#48D8AC #6448D8 #D84874 #BCD848

split-complementary

#48D8AC #D848BC #D86448

monochromatic

#1D8968 #28BB8E #48D8AC #7AE3C3 #ADEEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#48D8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#48D8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8AC

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8AC	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBBAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.138 168.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5c4',
    500: '#48d8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8ac;
$custom-light: #8ce5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.667,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7944,
    "c": 0.13801,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8AC

secondary

#8F3651

accent

#4073E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8AC

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

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