#48D9AD#48D9AD

#48D9AD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.139 H 168.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D9AD
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 173)
HSL	hsl(162, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(162, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 20.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -48.74, 10.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 49.87, 167.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.1359 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.139 168.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0243, 54.0167, 48.1075)
Luminance	0.5402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D9AD #D94874

analogous

#48D965 #48D9AD #48BDD9

triadic

#48D9AD #AD48D9 #D9AD48

tetradic

#48D9AD #6548D9 #D94874 #BDD948

square

#48D9AD #6548D9 #D94874 #BDD948

split-complementary

#48D9AD #D948BD #D96548

monochromatic

#1D8A69 #27BD8F #48D9AD #7BE4C4 #ADEEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#48D9AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#48D9AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9AD

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D9AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D9AD	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)

#D3CBAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BCB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d9ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.139 168.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5c5',
    500: '#48d9ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d9ad;
$custom-light: #8ce5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d9ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.793,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79712,
    "c": 0.13851,
    "h": 168.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D9AD

secondary

#903551

accent

#3F73E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9AD

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

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