#48D8AF#48D8AF

#48D8AF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.136 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8AF
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 175)
HSL	hsl(163, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(163, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 19%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, -47.85, 9.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 48.72, 169.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.1339 0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.136 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9623, 53.5807, 49.0487)
Luminance	0.5359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8AF #D84871

analogous

#48D867 #48D8AF #48B9D8

triadic

#48D8AF #AF48D8 #D8AF48

tetradic

#48D8AF #6748D8 #D84871 #B9D848

square

#48D8AF #6748D8 #D84871 #B9D848

split-complementary

#48D8AF #D848B9 #D86748

monochromatic

#1D896A #28BB91 #48D8AF #7AE3C5 #ADEEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#48D8AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#48D8AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8AF

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8AF	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBCB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.136 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5c6',
    500: '#48d8af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8af;
$custom-light: #8ce5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.917,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79519,
    "c": 0.13594,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8AF

secondary

#8F364F

accent

#4070E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8AF

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

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