#48DCA5#48DCA5

#48DCA5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.148 H 164.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCA5
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 165)
HSL	hsl(158, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(158, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 25%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.20, -51.78, 15.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.20, 54.14, 163.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.1425 0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.148 164.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0535, 55.2768, 44.4121)
Luminance	0.5528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCA5 #DC487F

analogous

#48DC5B #48DCA5 #48C9DC

triadic

#48DCA5 #A548DC #DCA548

tetradic

#48DCA5 #5B48DC #DC487F #C9DC48

square

#48DCA5 #5B48DC #DC487F #C9DC48

split-complementary

#48DCA5 #DC48C9 #DC5B48

monochromatic

#1B8E64 #25C288 #48DCA5 #7BE6BE #AFF0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#48DCA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#48DCA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCA5

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCA5	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CDA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BEA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.148 164.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce8bf',
    500: '#48dca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dca5;
$custom-light: #8ce8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.703,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80252,
    "c": 0.14816,
    "h": 164.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCA5

secondary

#943558

accent

#3D7EEB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCA5

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

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