#48DB9C#48DB9C

#48DB9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.154 H 160.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DB9C
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 156)
HSL	hsl(154, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(154, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 28.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.72, -53.32, 19.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.72, 56.90, 159.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.1457 0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.154 160.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0013, 54.4373, 40.1616)
Luminance	0.5444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DB9C #DB4887

analogous

#48DB53 #48DB9C #48D0DB

triadic

#48DB9C #9C48DB #DB9C48

tetradic

#48DB9C #5348DB #DB4887 #D0DB48

square

#48DB9C #5348DB #DB4887 #D0DB48

split-complementary

#48DB9C #DB48D0 #DB5348

monochromatic

#1C8D5C #26C07E #48DB9C #7BE5B8 #AEEFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#48DB9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#48DB9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DB9C

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DB9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DB9C	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CB98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BDA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48db9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.154 160.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce7b9',
    500: '#48db9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48db9c;
$custom-light: #8ce7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48db9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.286,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79794,
    "c": 0.15419,
    "h": 160.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DB9C

secondary

#92355D

accent

#3E88EA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DB9C

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

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