#48D9AC#48D9AC

#48D9AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.139 H 168.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D9AC
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 172)
HSL	hsl(161, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(161, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 20.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, -48.97, 11.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 50.20, 167.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.1363 0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.139 168.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9279, 53.9781, 47.5998)
Luminance	0.5398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D9AC #D94875

analogous

#48D964 #48D9AC #48BED9

triadic

#48D9AC #AC48D9 #D9AC48

tetradic

#48D9AC #6448D9 #D94875 #BED948

square

#48D9AC #6448D9 #D94875 #BED948

split-complementary

#48D9AC #D948BE #D96448

monochromatic

#1D8A68 #27BD8E #48D9AC #7BE4C3 #ADEEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#48D9AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#48D9AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9AC

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D9AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D9AC	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CBAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BCAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d9ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.139 168.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5c4',
    500: '#48d9ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d9ac;
$custom-light: #8ce5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d9ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.379,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79686,
    "c": 0.13922,
    "h": 168.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D9AC

secondary

#903551

accent

#3F74E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9AC

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

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