#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
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 167)
HSL	hsl(159, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(159, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 23%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -50.11, 13.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 51.91, 164.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% -0.1386 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.143 166)
XYZ	xyz(34.4567, 53.7896, 45.1182)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##48D9A7	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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