#48DAB9#48DAB9

#48DAB9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.132 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DAB9
RGB	rgb(72, 218, 185)
HSL	hsl(166, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(166, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 15.1%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.05, -46.29, 5.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.05, 46.56, 173.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.28% -0.1314 0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(80.28% 0.132 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4965, 55.0192, 54.5859)
Luminance	0.5502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DAB9 #DA4869

analogous

#48DA70 #48DAB9 #48B2DA

triadic

#48DAB9 #B948DA #DAB948

tetradic

#48DAB9 #7048DA #DA4869 #B2DA48

square

#48DAB9 #7048DA #DA4869 #B2DA48

split-complementary

#48DAB9 #DA48B2 #DA7048

monochromatic

#1C8B72 #26BE9C #48DAB9 #7BE4CC #AEEFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#48DAB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#48DAB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DAB9

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DAB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DAB9	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CCB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBEBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 218, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.132 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce6ce',
    500: '#48dab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dab9;
$custom-light: #8ce6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.438,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8028,
    "c": 0.13198,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DAB9

secondary

#91354A

accent

#3F65E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFA

border

#CFD5D3

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DAB9

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

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