#48DCA6#48DCA6

#48DCA6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.147 H 164.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCA6
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 166)
HSL	hsl(158, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(158, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 24.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.22, -51.56, 15.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.22, 53.79, 163.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.28% -0.1421 0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(80.28% 0.147 164.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1449, 55.3134, 44.8934)
Luminance	0.5532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCA6 #DC487E

analogous

#48DC5C #48DCA6 #48C8DC

triadic

#48DCA6 #A648DC #DCA648

tetradic

#48DCA6 #5C48DC #DC487E #C8DC48

square

#48DCA6 #5C48DC #DC487E #C8DC48

split-complementary

#48DCA6 #DC48C8 #DC5C48

monochromatic

#1B8E64 #25C289 #48DCA6 #7BE6BF #AFF0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#48DCA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#48DCA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCA6

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCA6	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)

#D8CDA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BEAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.147 164.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce8c0',
    500: '#48dca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dca6;
$custom-light: #8ce8c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.108,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80276,
    "c": 0.14738,
    "h": 164.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCA6

secondary

#943557

accent

#3D7CEB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCA6

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

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