#48D9A2#48D9A2

#48D9A2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.147 H 163.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D9A2
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 162)
HSL	hsl(157, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(157, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 25.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, -51.23, 16.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 53.68, 162.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.1409 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.147 163.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0034, 53.6083, 42.7308)
Luminance	0.5361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D9A2 #D9487F

analogous

#48D95A #48D9A2 #48C8D9

triadic

#48D9A2 #A248D9 #D9A248

tetradic

#48D9A2 #5A48D9 #D9487F #C8D948

square

#48D9A2 #5A48D9 #D9487F #C8D948

split-complementary

#48D9A2 #D948C8 #D95A48

monochromatic

#1D8A60 #27BD84 #48D9A2 #7BE4BC #ADEED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#48D9A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#48D9A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9A2

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D9A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D9A2	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5CA9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d9a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.147 163.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be6bd',
    500: '#48d9a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d9a2;
$custom-light: #8be6bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d9a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.241,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79438,
    "c": 0.14675,
    "h": 163.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D9A2

secondary

#903558

accent

#3F7FE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9A2

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

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