#48CD9F#48CD9F

#48CD9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.134 H 166.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CD9F
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 159)
HSL	hsl(159, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(159, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 22.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -46.95, 12.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 48.57, 165.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.1301 0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.134 166.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7586, 47.5403, 40.3493)
Luminance	0.4754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CD9F #CD4876

analogous

#48CD5D #48CD9F #48B9CD

triadic

#48CD9F #9F48CD #CD9F48

tetradic

#48CD9F #5D48CD #CD4876 #B9CD48

square

#48CD9F #5D48CD #CD4876 #B9CD48

split-complementary

#48CD9F #CD48B9 #CD5D48

monochromatic

#21795B #2EA97F #48CD9F #78DAB8 #A8E7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#48CD9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#48CD9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CD9F

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CD9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CD9F	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BF9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B2A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cd9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.134 166.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8addbb',
    500: '#48cd9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cd9f;
$custom-light: #8addbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cd9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.248,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76388,
    "c": 0.13393,
    "h": 166.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CD9F

secondary

#D59CB0

accent

#477CE0

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CD9F

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

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