#48CD9B#48CD9B

#48CD9B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.137 H 164.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CD9B
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 155)
HSL	hsl(157, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(157, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 24.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, -47.86, 14.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 49.99, 163.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.132 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.137 164.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4171, 47.4037, 38.5508)
Luminance	0.4741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CD9B #CD487A

analogous

#48CD59 #48CD9B #48BCCD

triadic

#48CD9B #9B48CD #CD9B48

tetradic

#48CD9B #5948CD #CD487A #BCCD48

square

#48CD9B #5948CD #CD487A #BCCD48

split-complementary

#48CD9B #CD48BC #CD5948

monochromatic

#217958 #2EA97B #48CD9B #78DAB5 #A8E7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#48CD9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#48CD9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CD9B

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CD9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CD9B	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BF98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B29E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cd9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.137 164.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ddb8',
    500: '#48cd9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cd9b;
$custom-light: #89ddb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cd9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.444,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76288,
    "c": 0.13703,
    "h": 164.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CD9B

secondary

#D59CB1

accent

#4781E0

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CD9B

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

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