#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
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 168)
HSL	hsl(160, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(160, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 22.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, -49.89, 13.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 51.57, 165.34°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.1382 0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.142 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5495, 53.8268, 45.6070)
Luminance	0.5383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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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
##48D9A8	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48D9A8

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

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