#48DEA9#48DEA9

#48DEA9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.148 H 165.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DEA9
RGB	rgb(72, 222, 169)
HSL	hsl(159, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(159, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 23.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, -51.70, 14.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 53.75, 164.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.1427 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.148 165.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9513, 56.4808, 46.5356)
Luminance	0.5648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DEA9 #DE487D

analogous

#48DE5E #48DEA9 #48C8DE

triadic

#48DEA9 #A948DE #DEA948

tetradic

#48DEA9 #5E48DE #DE487D #C8DE48

square

#48DEA9 #5E48DE #DE487D #C8DE48

split-complementary

#48DEA9 #DE48C8 #DE5E48

monochromatic

#1A9167 #24C58C #48DEA9 #7CE7C1 #B0F1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#48DEA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#48DEA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DEA9

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DEA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DEA9	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CFA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C0AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 222, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.148 165.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce9c2',
    500: '#48dea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dea9;
$custom-light: #8ce9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.8,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80842,
    "c": 0.14755,
    "h": 165.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DEA9

secondary

#963457

accent

#3C7AEC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FDF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DEA9

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

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