#48D09C#48D09C

#48D09C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.140 H 163.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48D09C
RGBrgb(72, 208, 156)
HSLhsl(157, 59%, 55%)
HSVhsv(157, 65%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(65.4%, 0%, 25%, 18.4%)
CIE-LABlab(75.38, -48.87, 15.23)
CIE-LCHlch(75.38, 51.19, 162.69°)
OKLaboklab(77.06% -0.1346 0.0389)
OKLCHoklch(77.06% 0.14 163.9)
XYZxyz(31.2259, 48.8864, 39.2364)
Luminance0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48D09C #D0487C
analogous
#48D058 #48D09C #48C0D0
triadic
#48D09C #9C48D0 #D09C48
tetradic
#48D09C #5848D0 #D0487C #C0D048
square
#48D09C #5848D0 #D0487C #C0D048
split-complementary
#48D09C #D048C0 #D05848
monochromatic
#207D5A #2DAE7D #48D09C #79DDB6 #A9E9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95
#48D09C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78
#48D09C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D09C
10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48D09C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48D09C1.001.9510.7810.78
#FFFFFF1.951.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7821.001.001.00
##00000010.7821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CCC199
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BAB49F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D0C2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48d09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 208, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.140 163.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adfb9',
    500: '#48d09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48d09c;
$custom-light: #8adfb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48d09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.059,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7706,
    "c": 0.14008,
    "h": 163.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48D09C
secondary
#D79DB3
accent
#4581E2
background
#F9FDFB
surface
#F1FBF6
border
#CBD4D0
text
#0D1511
muted
#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D09C

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#48D09C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva