#48D9A8#48D9A8

#48D9A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.142 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48D9A8
RGBrgb(72, 217, 168)
HSLhsl(160, 66%, 57%)
HSVhsv(160, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.8%, 0%, 22.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(78.36, -49.89, 13.05)
CIE-LCHlch(78.36, 51.57, 165.34°)
OKLaboklab(79.58% -0.1382 0.0334)
OKLCHoklch(79.58% 0.142 166.4)
XYZxyz(34.5495, 53.8268, 45.6070)
Luminance0.5383 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48D9A8 #D94879
analogous
#48D960 #48D9A8 #48C2D9
triadic
#48D9A8 #A848D9 #D9A848
tetradic
#48D9A8 #6048D9 #D94879 #C2D948
square
#48D9A8 #6048D9 #D94879 #C2D948
split-complementary
#48D9A8 #D948C2 #D96048
monochromatic
#1D8A65 #27BD8A #48D9A8 #7BE4C0 #ADEED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78
#48D9A8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77
#48D9A8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9A8
11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48D9A8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48D9A81.001.7811.7711.77
#FFFFFF1.781.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7721.001.001.00
##00000011.7721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D4CAA5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C1BCAB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DACB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48d9a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.142 166.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5c2',
    500: '#48d9a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48d9a8;
$custom-light: #8ce5c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48d9a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.724,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79585,
    "c": 0.14214,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48D9A8
secondary
#903554
accent
#3F78E9
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1612
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

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#48D9A8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva