#48DEB3#48DEB3

#48DEB3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.140 H 169.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DEB3
RGB	rgb(72, 222, 179)
HSL	hsl(163, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(163, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 19.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.11, -49.41, 9.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.11, 50.36, 168.89°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.1381 0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.14 169.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9262, 56.8708, 51.6702)
Luminance	0.5687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DEB3 #DE4873

analogous

#48DE68 #48DEB3 #48BEDE

triadic

#48DEB3 #B348DE #DEB348

tetradic

#48DEB3 #6848DE #DE4873 #BEDE48

square

#48DEB3 #6848DE #DE4873 #BEDE48

split-complementary

#48DEB3 #DE48BE #DE6848

monochromatic

#1A916F #24C597 #48DEB3 #7CE7C9 #B0F1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#48DEB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#48DEB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DEB3

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DEB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DEB3	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CFB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C1B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48deb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 222, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.140 169.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de9c9',
    500: '#48deb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48deb3;
$custom-light: #8de9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48deb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.8,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81095,
    "c": 0.14033,
    "h": 169.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DEB3

secondary

#963450

accent

#3C6EEC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FDF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DEB3

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

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