#48D9AB#48D9AB

#48D9AB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.140 H 167.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D9AB
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 171)
HSL	hsl(161, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(161, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 21.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, -49.20, 11.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 50.54, 166.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% -0.1368 0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.14 167.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8322, 53.9398, 47.0959)
Luminance	0.5394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D9AB #D94876

analogous

#48D963 #48D9AB #48BED9

triadic

#48D9AB #AB48D9 #D9AB48

tetradic

#48D9AB #6348D9 #D94876 #BED948

square

#48D9AB #6348D9 #D94876 #BED948

split-complementary

#48D9AB #D948BE #D96348

monochromatic

#1D8A67 #27BD8D #48D9AB #7BE4C2 #ADEEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#48D9AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#48D9AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9AB

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D9AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D9AB	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CAA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BCAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.140 167.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5c4',
    500: '#48d9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d9ab;
$custom-light: #8ce5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.966,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79661,
    "c": 0.13994,
    "h": 167.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D9AB

secondary

#903552

accent

#3F75E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9AB

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

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