#48CB9C#48CB9C

#48CB9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.134 H 165.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CB9C
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 156)
HSL	hsl(158, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(158, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 23.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -46.80, 13.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 48.60, 164.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.1294 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.134 165.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0260, 46.4867, 38.8365)
Luminance	0.4649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CB9C #CB4877

analogous

#48CB5B #48CB9C #48B9CB

triadic

#48CB9C #9C48CB #CB9C48

tetradic

#48CB9C #5B48CB #CB4877 #B9CB48

square

#48CB9C #5B48CB #CB4877 #B9CB48

split-complementary

#48CB9C #CB48B9 #CB5B48

monochromatic

#227758 #2FA67C #48CB9C #78D9B6 #A7E6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#48CB9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#48CB9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CB9C

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CB9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CB9C	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BD99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B09F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cb9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.134 165.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dcb9',
    500: '#48cb9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cb9c;
$custom-light: #89dcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cb9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.473,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75815,
    "c": 0.1337,
    "h": 165.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CB9C

secondary

#D39BB0

accent

#497FDF

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CB9C

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

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