#48D8AD#48D8AD

#48D8AD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.137 H 169.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8AD
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 173)
HSL	hsl(162, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(162, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 19.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -48.32, 10.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 49.37, 168.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.1348 0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.137 169.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7673, 53.5027, 48.0218)
Luminance	0.5351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8AD #D84873

analogous

#48D865 #48D8AD #48BBD8

triadic

#48D8AD #AD48D8 #D8AD48

tetradic

#48D8AD #6548D8 #D84873 #BBD848

square

#48D8AD #6548D8 #D84873 #BBD848

split-complementary

#48D8AD #D848BB #D86548

monochromatic

#1D8968 #28BB8F #48D8AD #7AE3C4 #ADEEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#48D8AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#48D8AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8AD

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8AD	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CAAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBBB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.137 169.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5c5',
    500: '#48d8ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8ad;
$custom-light: #8ce5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.083,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79466,
    "c": 0.13731,
    "h": 169.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8AD

secondary

#8F3650

accent

#4072E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8AD

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

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