#48DDAD#48DDAD

#48DDAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.143 H 167.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DDAD
RGB	rgb(72, 221, 173)
HSL	hsl(161, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(161, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 21.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -50.39, 12.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 51.86, 166.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.1399 0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.143 167.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0678, 56.1037, 48.4553)
Luminance	0.5611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DDAD #DD4878

analogous

#48DD62 #48DDAD #48C3DD

triadic

#48DDAD #AD48DD #DDAD48

tetradic

#48DDAD #6248DD #DD4878 #C3DD48

square

#48DDAD #6248DD #DD4878 #C3DD48

split-complementary

#48DDAD #DD48C3 #DD6248

monochromatic

#1B906A #24C390 #48DDAD #7CE7C4 #AFF0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#48DDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#48DDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DDAD

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DDAD	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CEAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C0B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ddad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 221, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.143 167.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce8c5',
    500: '#48ddad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ddad;
$custom-light: #8ce8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ddad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.671,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80695,
    "c": 0.14334,
    "h": 167.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DDAD

secondary

#953453

accent

#3C75EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FDF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DDAD

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

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