#48DDA8#48DDA8

#48DDA8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.147 H 165.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DDA8
RGB	rgb(72, 221, 168)
HSL	hsl(159, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(159, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 24%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, -51.52, 14.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 53.59, 164.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% -0.1422 0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.147 165.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5930, 55.9138, 45.9548)
Luminance	0.5592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DDA8 #DD487D

analogous

#48DD5E #48DDA8 #48C7DD

triadic

#48DDA8 #A848DD #DDA848

tetradic

#48DDA8 #5E48DD #DD487D #C7DD48

square

#48DDA8 #5E48DD #DD487D #C7DD48

split-complementary

#48DDA8 #DD48C7 #DD5E48

monochromatic

#1B9066 #24C38B #48DDA8 #7CE7C1 #AFF0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#48DDA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#48DDA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DDA8

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DDA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DDA8	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CEA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BFAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dda8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 221, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.147 165.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce8c2',
    500: '#48dda8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dda8;
$custom-light: #8ce8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dda8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.658,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80571,
    "c": 0.14708,
    "h": 165.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DDA8

secondary

#953457

accent

#3C7BEC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DDA8

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

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