#48DAA5#48DAA5

#48DAA5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.146 H 164.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DAA5
RGB	rgb(72, 218, 165)
HSL	hsl(158, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(158, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 24.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -50.97, 14.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 53.12, 163.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.1405 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.146 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5318, 54.2333, 44.2382)
Luminance	0.5424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DAA5 #DA487D

analogous

#48DA5C #48DAA5 #48C6DA

triadic

#48DAA5 #A548DA #DAA548

tetradic

#48DAA5 #5C48DA #DA487D #C6DA48

square

#48DAA5 #5C48DA #DA487D #C6DA48

split-complementary

#48DAA5 #DA48C6 #DA5C48

monochromatic

#1C8B63 #26BE87 #48DAA5 #7BE4BE #AEEFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#48DAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#48DAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DAA5

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DAA5	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6CBA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BDA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48daa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 218, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.146 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce6bf',
    500: '#48daa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48daa5;
$custom-light: #8ce6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48daa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.219,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79758,
    "c": 0.14565,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DAA5

secondary

#913556

accent

#3F7DE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DAA5

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

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