#48CC9C#48CC9C

#48CC9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.135 H 165.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CC9C
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 156)
HSL	hsl(158, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(158, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 23.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -47.22, 13.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 49.11, 164.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.1305 0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.135 165.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2629, 46.9605, 38.9154)
Luminance	0.4696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CC9C #CC4878

analogous

#48CC5A #48CC9C #48BACC

triadic

#48CC9C #9C48CC #CC9C48

tetradic

#48CC9C #5A48CC #CC4878 #BACC48

square

#48CC9C #5A48CC #CC4878 #BACC48

split-complementary

#48CC9C #CC48BA #CC5A48

monochromatic

#217859 #2FA87C #48CC9C #78D9B6 #A8E7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#48CC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#48CC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CC9C

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CC9C	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BE99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B19F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cc9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.135 165.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dcb9',
    500: '#48cc9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cc9c;
$custom-light: #89dcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cc9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.182,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76064,
    "c": 0.13497,
    "h": 165.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CC9C

secondary

#D49CB0

accent

#487FE0

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CC9C

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

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