#48CD99#48CD99

#48CD99 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.139 H 163.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CD99
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 153)
HSL	hsl(157, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(157, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 25.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -48.30, 15.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 50.71, 162.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.1329 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.139 163.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2505, 47.3370, 37.6735)
Luminance	0.4734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CD99 #CD487C

analogous

#48CD56 #48CD99 #48BFCD

triadic

#48CD99 #9948CD #CD9948

tetradic

#48CD99 #5648CD #CD487C #BFCD48

square

#48CD99 #5648CD #CD487C #BFCD48

split-complementary

#48CD99 #CD48BF #CD5648

monochromatic

#217957 #2EA979 #48CD99 #78DAB4 #A8E7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#48CD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#48CD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CD99

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CD99	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BF96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B29C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.139 163.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ddb7',
    500: '#48cd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cd99;
$custom-light: #89ddb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.541,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76239,
    "c": 0.13863,
    "h": 163.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CD99

secondary

#D59CB2

accent

#4783E0

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CD99

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

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