#48D8A9#48D8A9

#48D8A9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.140 H 167.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D8A9
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 169)
HSL	hsl(160, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(160, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 21.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -49.25, 12.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 50.72, 166.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.1367 0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.14 167.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3860, 53.3502, 46.0138)
Luminance	0.5335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D8A9 #D84877

analogous

#48D861 #48D8A9 #48BFD8

triadic

#48D8A9 #A948D8 #D8A948

tetradic

#48D8A9 #6148D8 #D84877 #BFD848

square

#48D8A9 #6148D8 #D84877 #BFD848

split-complementary

#48D8A9 #D848BF #D86148

monochromatic

#1D8965 #28BB8B #48D8A9 #7AE3C1 #ADEED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#48D8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#48D8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D8A9

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D8A9	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C9A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BBAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.140 167.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5c2',
    500: '#48d8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d8a9;
$custom-light: #8ce5c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.417,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79363,
    "c": 0.14017,
    "h": 167.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D8A9

secondary

#8F3653

accent

#4077E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D8A9

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

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