#48DFAE#48DFAE

#48DFAE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.145 H 167.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DFAE
RGB	rgb(72, 223, 174)
HSL	hsl(161, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(161, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 0%, 22%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, -50.98, 12.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 52.52, 166.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.1414 0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.145 167.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6961, 57.2049, 49.1439)
Luminance	0.5721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DFAE #DF4879

analogous

#48DF62 #48DFAE #48C4DF

triadic

#48DFAE #AE48DF #DFAE48

tetradic

#48DFAE #6248DF #DF4879 #C4DF48

square

#48DFAE #6248DF #DF4879 #C4DF48

split-complementary

#48DFAE #DF48C4 #DF6248

monochromatic

#1A936C #23C792 #48DFAE #7CE8C5 #B0F1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#48DFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#48DFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DFAE

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DFAE	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAD0AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C1B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dfae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 223, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.145 167.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8deac6',
    500: '#48dfae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dfae;
$custom-light: #8deac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dfae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.53,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81212,
    "c": 0.14504,
    "h": 167.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DFAE

secondary

#983454

accent

#3B75ED

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FDF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DFAE

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

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