#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
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 170)
HSL	hsl(161, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(161, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 21.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -49.43, 12.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 50.88, 166.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.1372 0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.141 167.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7372, 53.9019, 46.5958)
Luminance	0.5391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##48D9AA	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48D9AA

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

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