#48DAB3#48DAB3

#48DAB3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.136 H 171.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DAB3
RGB	rgb(72, 218, 179)
HSL	hsl(164, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(164, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 17.9%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, -47.74, 7.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 48.41, 170.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% -0.1341 0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.136 171.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8764, 54.7712, 51.3202)
Luminance	0.5477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DAB3 #DA486F

analogous

#48DA6A #48DAB3 #48B8DA

triadic

#48DAB3 #B348DA #DAB348

tetradic

#48DAB3 #6A48DA #DA486F #B8DA48

square

#48DAB3 #6A48DA #DA486F #B8DA48

split-complementary

#48DAB3 #DA48B8 #DA6A48

monochromatic

#1C8B6E #26BE96 #48DAB3 #7BE4C8 #AEEFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#48DAB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#48DAB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DAB3

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DAB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DAB3	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CCB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BDB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 218, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.136 171.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce6c9',
    500: '#48dab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dab3;
$custom-light: #8ce6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.973,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80116,
    "c": 0.13565,
    "h": 171.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DAB3

secondary

#91354E

accent

#3F6CE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DAB3

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

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