#48CB9D#48CB9D

#48CB9D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.133 H 166.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CB9D
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 157)
HSL	hsl(159, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(159, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 22.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -46.57, 12.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 48.24, 164.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.129 0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.133 166)
XYZ	xyz(30.1111, 46.5207, 39.2843)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CB9D #CB4876

analogous

#48CB5C #48CB9D #48B8CB

triadic

#48CB9D #9D48CB #CB9D48

tetradic

#48CB9D #5C48CB #CB4876 #B8CB48

square

#48CB9D #5C48CB #CB4876 #B8CB48

split-complementary

#48CB9D #CB48B8 #CB5C48

monochromatic

#227759 #2FA67D #48CB9D #78D9B7 #A7E6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#48CB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#48CB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CB9D

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CB9D	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)

#C7BD9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B0A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cb9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.133 166.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dbba',
    500: '#48cb9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cb9d;
$custom-light: #89dbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cb9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.931,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7584,
    "c": 0.13293,
    "h": 166
  },
  "luminance": 0.46524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CB9D

secondary

#D39BAF

accent

#497EDF

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CB9D

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

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