#48DFB9#48DFB9

#48DFB9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.138 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DFB9
RGB	rgb(72, 223, 185)
HSL	hsl(165, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 0%, 17%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.54, -48.40, 7.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.54, 48.93, 171.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.1364 0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.138 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8127, 57.6516, 55.0246)
Luminance	0.5766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DFB9 #DF486E

analogous

#48DF6E #48DFB9 #48B9DF

triadic

#48DFB9 #B948DF #DFB948

tetradic

#48DFB9 #6E48DF #DF486E #B9DF48

square

#48DFB9 #6E48DF #DF486E #B9DF48

split-complementary

#48DFB9 #DF48B9 #DF6E48

monochromatic

#1A9374 #23C79E #48DFB9 #7CE8CD #B0F1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#48DFB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#48DFB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DFB9

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DFB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DFB9	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8D1B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dfb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 223, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.138 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8deace',
    500: '#48dfb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dfb9;
$custom-light: #8deace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dfb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.901,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81499,
    "c": 0.13758,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DFB9

secondary

#98344D

accent

#3B68ED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFA

border

#CFD5D3

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DFB9

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

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