#48DCAE#48DCAE

#48DCAE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.141 H 168.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCAE
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 174)
HSL	hsl(161, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(161, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 20.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.39, -49.75, 11.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.39, 51.03, 167.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.1384 0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.141 168.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9017, 55.6161, 48.8791)
Luminance	0.5562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCAE #DC4876

analogous

#48DC64 #48DCAE #48C0DC

triadic

#48DCAE #AE48DC #DCAE48

tetradic

#48DCAE #6448DC #DC4876 #C0DC48

square

#48DCAE #6448DC #DC4876 #C0DC48

split-complementary

#48DCAE #DC48C0 #DC6448

monochromatic

#1B8E6B #25C291 #48DCAE #7BE6C5 #AFF0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#48DCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#48DCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCAE

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCAE	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CDAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BFB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.141 168.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce8c6',
    500: '#48dcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dcae;
$custom-light: #8ce8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.351,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80475,
    "c": 0.14141,
    "h": 168.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCAE

secondary

#943552

accent

#3D73EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCAE

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

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