#48DAA9#48DAA9

#48DAA9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.143 H 166.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DAA9
RGB	rgb(72, 218, 169)
HSL	hsl(160, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(160, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 22.5%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -50.07, 12.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 51.73, 165.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.1387 0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.143 166.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9015, 54.3812, 46.1857)
Luminance	0.5438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DAA9 #DA4879

analogous

#48DA60 #48DAA9 #48C2DA

triadic

#48DAA9 #A948DA #DAA948

tetradic

#48DAA9 #6048DA #DA4879 #C2DA48

square

#48DAA9 #6048DA #DA4879 #C2DA48

split-complementary

#48DAA9 #DA48C2 #DA6048

monochromatic

#1C8B66 #26BE8B #48DAA9 #7BE4C1 #AEEFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#48DAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#48DAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DAA9

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DAA9	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5CBA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BDAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48daa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 218, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.143 166.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce6c2',
    500: '#48daa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48daa9;
$custom-light: #8ce6c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48daa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.863,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79856,
    "c": 0.14262,
    "h": 166.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DAA9

secondary

#913554

accent

#3F78E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DAA9

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

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