#48CC9D#48CC9D

#48CC9D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.134 H 165.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CC9D
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 157)
HSL	hsl(159, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(159, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 23%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, -46.99, 13.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 48.76, 164.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.13 0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.134 165.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3480, 46.9945, 39.3632)
Luminance	0.4700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CC9D #CC4877

analogous

#48CC5B #48CC9D #48B9CC

triadic

#48CC9D #9D48CC #CC9D48

tetradic

#48CC9D #5B48CC #CC4877 #B9CC48

square

#48CC9D #5B48CC #CC4877 #B9CC48

split-complementary

#48CC9D #CC48B9 #CC5B48

monochromatic

#217859 #2FA87D #48CC9D #78D9B7 #A8E7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#48CC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#48CC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CC9D

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CC9D	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BE9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B1A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cc9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.134 165.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dcba',
    500: '#48cc9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cc9d;
$custom-light: #89dcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cc9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.636,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76089,
    "c": 0.1342,
    "h": 165.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CC9D

secondary

#D49CB0

accent

#487EE0

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CC9D

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

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