#48D9AE#48D9AE

#48D9AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.138 H 169.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48D9AE
RGBrgb(72, 217, 174)
HSLhsl(162, 66%, 57%)
HSVhsv(162, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.8%, 0%, 19.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(78.49, -48.51, 10.05)
CIE-LCHlch(78.49, 49.54, 168.29°)
OKLaboklab(79.74% -0.1354 0.0257)
OKLCHoklch(79.74% 0.138 169.3)
XYZxyz(35.1214, 54.0555, 48.6190)
Luminance0.5406 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48D9AE #D94873
analogous
#48D966 #48D9AE #48BCD9
triadic
#48D9AE #AE48D9 #D9AE48
tetradic
#48D9AE #6648D9 #D94873 #BCD948
square
#48D9AE #6648D9 #D94873 #BCD948
split-complementary
#48D9AE #D948BC #D96648
monochromatic
#1D8A6A #27BD90 #48D9AE #7BE4C4 #ADEEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78
#48D9AE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81
#48D9AE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9AE
11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48D9AE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48D9AE1.001.7811.8111.81
#FFFFFF1.781.0021.0021.00
#00000011.8121.001.001.00
##00000011.8121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D3CBAC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C0BCB1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DACD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48d9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.138 169.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5c6',
    500: '#48d9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48d9ae;
$custom-light: #8ce5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48d9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.207,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79738,
    "c": 0.13782,
    "h": 169.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48D9AE
secondary
#903550
accent
#3F71E9
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1613
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

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#48D9AE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva