#48D9A0#48D9A0

#48D9A0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.148 H 163.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D9A0
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 160)
HSL	hsl(156, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(156, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 26.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.19, -51.66, 17.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.19, 54.40, 161.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.1418 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.148 163)
XYZ	xyz(33.8270, 53.5378, 41.8020)
Luminance	0.5354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D9A0 #D94881

analogous

#48D958 #48D9A0 #48CAD9

triadic

#48D9A0 #A048D9 #D9A048

tetradic

#48D9A0 #5848D9 #D94881 #CAD948

square

#48D9A0 #5848D9 #D94881 #CAD948

split-complementary

#48D9A0 #D948CA #D95848

monochromatic

#1D8A5F #27BD82 #48D9A0 #7BE4BA #ADEED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#48D9A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#48D9A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9A0

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D9A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D9A0	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5CA9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d9a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.148 163.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be6bc',
    500: '#48d9a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d9a0;
$custom-light: #8be6bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d9a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.414,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7939,
    "c": 0.14835,
    "h": 163
  },
  "luminance": 0.53541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D9A0

secondary

#903559

accent

#3F82E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9A0

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

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