#48DAA6#48DAA6

#48DAA6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.145 H 165.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DAA6
RGB	rgb(72, 218, 166)
HSL	hsl(159, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(159, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 23.9%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -50.75, 14.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 52.77, 164.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% -0.1401 0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.145 165.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6231, 54.2699, 44.7194)
Luminance	0.5427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DAA6 #DA487C

analogous

#48DA5D #48DAA6 #48C5DA

triadic

#48DAA6 #A648DA #DAA648

tetradic

#48DAA6 #5D48DA #DA487C #C5DA48

square

#48DAA6 #5D48DA #DA487C #C5DA48

split-complementary

#48DAA6 #DA48C5 #DA5D48

monochromatic

#1C8B64 #26BE88 #48DAA6 #7BE4BF #AEEFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#48DAA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#48DAA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DAA6

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DAA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DAA6	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)

#D6CBA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BDA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48daa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 218, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.145 165.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce6c0',
    500: '#48daa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48daa6;
$custom-light: #8ce6c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48daa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.63,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79782,
    "c": 0.14488,
    "h": 165.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DAA6

secondary

#913556

accent

#3F7BE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DAA6

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

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