#48CD9C#48CD9C

#48CD9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.136 H 164.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CD9C
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 156)
HSL	hsl(158, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(158, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 23.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, -47.63, 13.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 49.63, 163.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.1315 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.136 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5014, 47.4374, 38.9949)
Luminance	0.4744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CD9C #CD4879

analogous

#48CD5A #48CD9C #48BCCD

triadic

#48CD9C #9C48CD #CD9C48

tetradic

#48CD9C #5A48CD #CD4879 #BCCD48

square

#48CD9C #5A48CD #CD4879 #BCCD48

split-complementary

#48CD9C #CD48BC #CD5A48

monochromatic

#217959 #2EA97C #48CD9C #78DAB6 #A8E7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#48CD9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#48CD9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CD9C

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CD9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CD9C	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BF99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B29F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cd9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.136 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ddb9',
    500: '#48cd9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cd9c;
$custom-light: #89ddb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cd9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.895,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76313,
    "c": 0.13624,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CD9C

secondary

#D59CB1

accent

#4780E0

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CD9C

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

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