#48DEB5#48DEB5

#48DEB5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.139 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DEB5
RGB	rgb(72, 222, 181)
HSL	hsl(164, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(164, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 18.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, -48.94, 8.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 49.71, 169.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% -0.1372 0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.139 170.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1300, 56.9523, 52.7432)
Luminance	0.5696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DEB5 #DE4871

analogous

#48DE6A #48DEB5 #48BCDE

triadic

#48DEB5 #B548DE #DEB548

tetradic

#48DEB5 #6A48DE #DE4871 #BCDE48

square

#48DEB5 #6A48DE #DE4871 #BCDE48

split-complementary

#48DEB5 #DE48BC #DE6A48

monochromatic

#1A9171 #24C599 #48DEB5 #7CE7CA #B0F1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#48DEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#48DEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DEB5

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DEB5	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8D0B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C1B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48deb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 222, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.139 170.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de9cb',
    500: '#48deb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48deb5;
$custom-light: #8de9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48deb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.6,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81148,
    "c": 0.139,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DEB5

secondary

#96344F

accent

#3C6CEC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FDF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DEB5

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

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