#48DEAD#48DEAD

#48DEAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.145 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DEAD
RGB	rgb(72, 222, 173)
HSL	hsl(160, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(160, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 22.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, -50.80, 12.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 52.36, 165.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% -0.1409 0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.145 167)
XYZ	xyz(36.3326, 56.6333, 48.5436)
Luminance	0.5664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DEAD #DE4879

analogous

#48DE62 #48DEAD #48C4DE

triadic

#48DEAD #AD48DE #DEAD48

tetradic

#48DEAD #6248DE #DE4879 #C4DE48

square

#48DEAD #6248DE #DE4879 #C4DE48

split-complementary

#48DEAD #DE48C4 #DE6248

monochromatic

#1A916A #24C590 #48DEAD #7CE7C4 #B0F1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#48DEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#48DEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DEAD

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DEAD	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CFAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C0B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 222, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.145 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de9c5',
    500: '#48dead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dead;
$custom-light: #8de9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.4,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80941,
    "c": 0.14456,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.56637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DEAD

secondary

#963454

accent

#3C75EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FDF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DEAD

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

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