#48DCAC#48DCAC

#48DCAC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.143 H 167.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCAC
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 172)
HSL	hsl(161, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(161, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 21.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.35, -50.21, 12.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.35, 51.70, 166.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% -0.1393 0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.143 167.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7082, 55.5387, 47.8599)
Luminance	0.5554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCAC #DC4878

analogous

#48DC62 #48DCAC #48C2DC

triadic

#48DCAC #AC48DC #DCAC48

tetradic

#48DCAC #6248DC #DC4878 #C2DC48

square

#48DCAC #6248DC #DC4878 #C2DC48

split-complementary

#48DCAC #DC48C2 #DC6248

monochromatic

#1B8E69 #25C28F #48DCAC #7BE6C3 #AFF0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#48DCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#48DCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCAC

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCAC	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CDA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BFAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.143 167.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.541,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80424,
    "c": 0.14286,
    "h": 167.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCAC

secondary

#943553

accent

#3D75EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCAC

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

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