#48DCAB#48DCAB

#48DCAB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.144 H 166.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCAB
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 171)
HSL	hsl(160, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(160, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 22.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.33, -50.44, 12.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.33, 52.04, 165.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% -0.1398 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.144 166.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6125, 55.5004, 47.3560)
Luminance	0.5550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCAB #DC4879

analogous

#48DC61 #48DCAB #48C3DC

triadic

#48DCAB #AB48DC #DCAB48

tetradic

#48DCAB #6148DC #DC4879 #C3DC48

square

#48DCAB #6148DC #DC4879 #C3DC48

split-complementary

#48DCAB #DC48C3 #DC6148

monochromatic

#1B8E68 #25C28E #48DCAB #7BE6C3 #AFF0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#48DCAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#48DCAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCAB

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCAB	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CDA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BFAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dcab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.144 166.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce8c4',
    500: '#48dcab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dcab;
$custom-light: #8ce8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dcab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.135,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80399,
    "c": 0.14359,
    "h": 166.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCAB

secondary

#943554

accent

#3D77EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCAB

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

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