#48DCA8#48DCA8

#48DCA8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.146 H 165.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCA8
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 168)
HSL	hsl(159, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(159, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 23.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -51.12, 14.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 53.08, 164.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% -0.1412 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.146 165.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3298, 55.3873, 45.8671)
Luminance	0.5539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCA8 #DC487C

analogous

#48DC5E #48DCA8 #48C6DC

triadic

#48DCA8 #A848DC #DCA848

tetradic

#48DCA8 #5E48DC #DC487C #C6DC48

square

#48DCA8 #5E48DC #DC487C #C6DC48

split-complementary

#48DCA8 #DC48C6 #DC5E48

monochromatic

#1B8E66 #25C28B #48DCA8 #7BE6C0 #AFF0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#48DCA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#48DCA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCA8

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCA8	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CDA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BFAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.146 165.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce8c2',
    500: '#48dca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dca8;
$custom-light: #8ce8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.919,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80325,
    "c": 0.14584,
    "h": 165.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCA8

secondary

#943556

accent

#3D7AEB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCA8

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

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