#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
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 174)
HSL	hsl(162, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(162, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 19.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -48.51, 10.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 49.54, 168.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% -0.1354 0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.138 169.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1214, 54.0555, 48.6190)
Luminance	0.5406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##48D9AE	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48D9AE

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

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