#48DFAD#48DFAD

#48DFAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.146 H 166.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DFAD
RGB	rgb(72, 223, 173)
HSL	hsl(160, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(160, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 0%, 22.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, -51.21, 13.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 52.86, 165.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% -0.1419 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.146 166.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5990, 57.1661, 48.6324)
Luminance	0.5717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DFAD #DF487A

analogous

#48DF61 #48DFAD #48C6DF

triadic

#48DFAD #AD48DF #DFAD48

tetradic

#48DFAD #6148DF #DF487A #C6DF48

square

#48DFAD #6148DF #DF487A #C6DF48

split-complementary

#48DFAD #DF48C6 #DF6148

monochromatic

#1A936B #23C791 #48DFAD #7CE8C4 #B0F1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#48DFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#48DFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DFAD

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DFAD	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAD0AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C1B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dfad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 223, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.146 166.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8deac5',
    500: '#48dfad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dfad;
$custom-light: #8deac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dfad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.132,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81187,
    "c": 0.14578,
    "h": 166.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DFAD

secondary

#983455

accent

#3B76ED

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FDF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DFAD

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

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