#48D9AF#48D9AF

#48D9AF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.137 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D9AF
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 175)
HSL	hsl(163, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(163, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 19.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.52, -48.27, 9.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.52, 49.21, 168.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.1349 0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.137 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2192, 54.0947, 49.1343)
Luminance	0.5410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D9AF #D94872

analogous

#48D967 #48D9AF #48BAD9

triadic

#48D9AF #AF48D9 #D9AF48

tetradic

#48D9AF #6748D9 #D94872 #BAD948

square

#48D9AF #6748D9 #D94872 #BAD948

split-complementary

#48D9AF #D948BA #D96748

monochromatic

#1D8A6A #27BD91 #48D9AF #7BE4C5 #ADEEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#48D9AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#48D9AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D9AF

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D9AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D9AF	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CBAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBCB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d9af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.137 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5c6',
    500: '#48d9af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d9af;
$custom-light: #8ce5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d9af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.621,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79764,
    "c": 0.13713,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D9AF

secondary

#903550

accent

#3F70E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D9AF

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

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