#48D9AA#48D9AA

#48D9AA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.141 H 167.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48D9AA
RGBrgb(72, 217, 170)
HSLhsl(161, 66%, 57%)
HSVhsv(161, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.8%, 0%, 21.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(78.40, -49.43, 12.05)
CIE-LCHlch(78.40, 50.88, 166.30°)
OKLaboklab(79.64% -0.1372 0.0308)
OKLCHoklch(79.64% 0.141 167.3)
XYZxyz(34.7372, 53.9019, 46.5958)
Luminance0.5391 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48D9AA #D94877
analogous
#48D962 #48D9AA #48BFD9
triadic
#48D9AA #AA48D9 #D9AA48
tetradic
#48D9AA #6248D9 #D94877 #BFD948
square
#48D9AA #6248D9 #D94877 #BFD948
split-complementary
#48D9AA #D948BF #D96248
monochromatic
#1D8A67 #27BD8C #48D9AA #7BE4C2 #ADEED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78
#48D9AA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78
#48D9AA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9AA
11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48D9AA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48D9AA1.001.7811.7811.78
#FFFFFF1.781.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7821.001.001.00
##00000011.7821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D4CAA8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C0BCAD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DACC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48d9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.141 167.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5c3',
    500: '#48d9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48d9aa;
$custom-light: #8ce5c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48d9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.552,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79635,
    "c": 0.14066,
    "h": 167.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48D9AA
secondary
#903553
accent
#3F76E9
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1612
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

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#48D9AA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva