#48DCAF#48DCAF

#48DCAF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.141 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCAF
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 175)
HSL	hsl(162, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(162, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 20.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -49.52, 10.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 50.69, 167.66°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% -0.1379 0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.141 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9995, 55.6552, 49.3944)
Luminance	0.5566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCAF #DC4875

analogous

#48DC65 #48DCAF #48BFDC

triadic

#48DCAF #AF48DC #DCAF48

tetradic

#48DCAF #6548DC #DC4875 #BFDC48

square

#48DCAF #6548DC #DC4875 #BFDC48

split-complementary

#48DCAF #DC48BF #DC6548

monochromatic

#1B8E6B #25C292 #48DCAF #7BE6C5 #AFF0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#48DCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#48DCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCAF

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCAF	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6CDAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BFB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dcaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.141 168.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dcaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.757,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80501,
    "c": 0.14071,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCAF

secondary

#943551

accent

#3D72EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FDF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCAF

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

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