#48D9A7#48D9A7

#48D9A7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.143 H 166.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48D9A7
RGBrgb(72, 217, 167)
HSLhsl(159, 66%, 57%)
HSVhsv(159, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.8%, 0%, 23%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(78.34, -50.11, 13.55)
CIE-LCHlch(78.34, 51.91, 164.87°)
OKLaboklab(79.56% -0.1386 0.0347)
OKLCHoklch(79.56% 0.143 166)
XYZxyz(34.4567, 53.7896, 45.1182)
Luminance0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48D9A7 #D9487A
analogous
#48D95F #48D9A7 #48C3D9
triadic
#48D9A7 #A748D9 #D9A748
tetradic
#48D9A7 #5F48D9 #D9487A #C3D948
square
#48D9A7 #5F48D9 #D9487A #C3D948
split-complementary
#48D9A7 #D948C3 #D95F48
monochromatic
#1D8A64 #27BD89 #48D9A7 #7BE4BF #ADEED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79
#48D9A7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76
#48D9A7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9A7
11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48D9A7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48D9A71.001.7911.7611.76
#FFFFFF1.791.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7621.001.001.00
##00000011.7621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D4CAA4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C1BCAA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DACB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48d9a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.143 166.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5c1',
    500: '#48d9a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48d9a7;
$custom-light: #8ce5c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48d9a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.31,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7956,
    "c": 0.14289,
    "h": 166
  },
  "luminance": 0.53793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48D9A7
secondary
#903555
accent
#3F7AE9
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1612
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9A7

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#48D9A7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva