#48CE9E#48CE9E

#48CE9E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.136 H 165.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CE9E
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 158)
HSL	hsl(159, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(159, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 23.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -47.60, 13.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 49.44, 164.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.1316 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.136 165.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9121, 47.9856, 39.9742)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CE9E #CE4878

analogous

#48CE5B #48CE9E #48BBCE

triadic

#48CE9E #9E48CE #CE9E48

tetradic

#48CE9E #5B48CE #CE4878 #BBCE48

square

#48CE9E #5B48CE #CE4878 #BBCE48

split-complementary

#48CE9E #CE48BB #CE5B48

monochromatic

#217B5B #2EAB7E #48CE9E #78DBB8 #A9E8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#48CE9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#48CE9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CE9E

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CE9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CE9E	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC09B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B3A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ce9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.136 165.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adeba',
    500: '#48ce9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ce9e;
$custom-light: #8adeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ce9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.507,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76611,
    "c": 0.13596,
    "h": 165.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CE9E

secondary

#D59DB1

accent

#477EE1

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CE9E

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

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