#48CD9E#48CD9E

#48CD9E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.135 H 165.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CD9E
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 158)
HSL	hsl(159, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(159, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 22.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, -47.18, 12.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 48.93, 164.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.1306 0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.135 165.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6721, 47.5057, 39.8942)
Luminance	0.4751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CD9E #CD4877

analogous

#48CD5C #48CD9E #48BACD

triadic

#48CD9E #9E48CD #CD9E48

tetradic

#48CD9E #5C48CD #CD4877 #BACD48

square

#48CD9E #5C48CD #CD4877 #BACD48

split-complementary

#48CD9E #CD48BA #CD5C48

monochromatic

#21795A #2EA97E #48CD9E #78DAB7 #A8E7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#48CD9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#48CD9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CD9E

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CD9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CD9E	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BF9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B2A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cd9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.135 165.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ddba',
    500: '#48cd9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cd9e;
$custom-light: #89ddba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cd9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.797,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76363,
    "c": 0.1347,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CD9E

secondary

#D59CB0

accent

#477DE0

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CD9E

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

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