#48DAAD#48DAAD

#48DAAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.140 H 168.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DAAD
RGB	rgb(72, 218, 173)
HSL	hsl(162, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(162, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 20.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.77, -49.15, 10.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.77, 50.37, 167.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% -0.1369 0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.14 168.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2828, 54.5337, 48.1937)
Luminance	0.5454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DAAD #DA4875

analogous

#48DA64 #48DAAD #48BEDA

triadic

#48DAAD #AD48DA #DAAD48

tetradic

#48DAAD #6448DA #DA4875 #BEDA48

square

#48DAAD #6448DA #DA4875 #BEDA48

split-complementary

#48DAAD #DA48BE #DA6448

monochromatic

#1C8B69 #26BE90 #48DAAD #7BE4C4 #AEEFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#48DAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#48DAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DAAD

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DAAD	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5CBAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BDB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48daad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 218, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.140 168.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce6c5',
    500: '#48daad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48daad;
$custom-light: #8ce6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48daad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.507,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79958,
    "c": 0.13971,
    "h": 168.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DAAD

secondary

#913551

accent

#3F73E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DAAD

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

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