#48DAA8#48DAA8

#48DAA8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.143 H 166.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DAA8
RGB	rgb(72, 218, 168)
HSL	hsl(159, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(159, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 22.9%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, -50.30, 13.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 52.07, 165.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.1392 0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.143 166.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8080, 54.3438, 45.6932)
Luminance	0.5435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DAA8 #DA487A

analogous

#48DA5F #48DAA8 #48C3DA

triadic

#48DAA8 #A848DA #DAA848

tetradic

#48DAA8 #5F48DA #DA487A #C3DA48

square

#48DAA8 #5F48DA #DA487A #C3DA48

split-complementary

#48DAA8 #DA48C3 #DA5F48

monochromatic

#1C8B65 #26BE8A #48DAA8 #7BE4C0 #AEEFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#48DAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#48DAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DAA8

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DAA8	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5CBA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BDAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48daa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 218, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.143 166.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce6c2',
    500: '#48daa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48daa8;
$custom-light: #8ce6c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48daa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.452,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79831,
    "c": 0.14336,
    "h": 166.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DAA8

secondary

#913555

accent

#3F79E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DAA8

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

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