#48CEA9#48CEA9

#48CEA9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.128 H 171.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CEA9
RGB	rgb(72, 206, 169)
HSL	hsl(163, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(163, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 18%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, -45.04, 7.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 45.72, 170.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.1265 0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.128 171)
XYZ	xyz(31.9016, 48.3814, 45.1857)
Luminance	0.4839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CEA9 #CE486D

analogous

#48CE66 #48CEA9 #48B0CE

triadic

#48CEA9 #A948CE #CEA948

tetradic

#48CEA9 #6648CE #CE486D #B0CE48

square

#48CEA9 #6648CE #CE486D #B0CE48

split-complementary

#48CEA9 #CE48B0 #CE6648

monochromatic

#217B62 #2EAB88 #48CEA9 #78DBC0 #A9E8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#48CEA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#48CEA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CEA9

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CEA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CEA9	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C1A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B3AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 206, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.128 171.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adec2',
    500: '#48cea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cea9;
$custom-light: #8adec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.433,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76897,
    "c": 0.12807,
    "h": 171
  },
  "luminance": 0.48385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CEA9

secondary

#D59DAC

accent

#4771E1

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CEA9

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

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