#48CB9E#48CB9E

#48CB9E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.132 H 166.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CB9E
RGB	rgb(72, 203, 158)
HSL	hsl(159, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(159, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 22.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, -46.34, 12.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 47.89, 165.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.1285 0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.132 166.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1968, 46.5550, 39.7357)
Luminance	0.4656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CB9E #CB4875

analogous

#48CB5D #48CB9E #48B7CB

triadic

#48CB9E #9E48CB #CB9E48

tetradic

#48CB9E #5D48CB #CB4875 #B7CB48

square

#48CB9E #5D48CB #CB4875 #B7CB48

split-complementary

#48CB9E #CB48B7 #CB5D48

monochromatic

#22775A #2FA67E #48CB9E #78D9B7 #A7E6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#48CB9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#48CB9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CB9E

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CB9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CB9E	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BD9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B0A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cb9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 203, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.132 166.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dbba',
    500: '#48cb9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cb9e;
$custom-light: #89dbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cb9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.389,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75865,
    "c": 0.13217,
    "h": 166.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CB9E

secondary

#D39BAF

accent

#497CDF

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CB9E

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

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