#48CC9F#48CC9F

#48CC9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.133 H 166.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CC9F
RGB	rgb(72, 204, 159)
HSL	hsl(160, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(160, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 22.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.23, -46.54, 12.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.23, 48.06, 165.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.1291 0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.133 166.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5201, 47.0634, 40.2699)
Luminance	0.4707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CC9F #CC4875

analogous

#48CC5D #48CC9F #48B7CC

triadic

#48CC9F #9F48CC #CC9F48

tetradic

#48CC9F #5D48CC #CC4875 #B7CC48

square

#48CC9F #5D48CC #CC4875 #B7CC48

split-complementary

#48CC9F #CC48B7 #CC5D48

monochromatic

#21785B #2FA87F #48CC9F #78D9B8 #A8E7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#48CC9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#48CC9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CC9F

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CC9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CC9F	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BE9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B1A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cc9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 204, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.133 166.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dcbb',
    500: '#48cc9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cc9f;
$custom-light: #89dcbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cc9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.545,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76139,
    "c": 0.13268,
    "h": 166.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CC9F

secondary

#D49CAF

accent

#487CE0

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CC9F

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

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