#48DB9D#48DB9D

#48DB9D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.153 H 161.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DB9D
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 157)
HSL	hsl(155, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(155, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 28.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -53.11, 19.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 56.53, 159.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.1452 0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.153 161.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0864, 54.4713, 40.6094)
Luminance	0.5447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DB9D #DB4886

analogous

#48DB54 #48DB9D #48CFDB

triadic

#48DB9D #9D48DB #DB9D48

tetradic

#48DB9D #5448DB #DB4886 #CFDB48

square

#48DB9D #5448DB #DB4886 #CFDB48

split-complementary

#48DB9D #DB48CF #DB5448

monochromatic

#1C8D5D #26C07F #48DB9D #7BE5B8 #AEEFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#48DB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#48DB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DB9D

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DB9D	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CB99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BDA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48db9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.153 161.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce7ba',
    500: '#48db9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48db9d;
$custom-light: #8ce7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48db9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.694,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79817,
    "c": 0.15336,
    "h": 161.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DB9D

secondary

#92355C

accent

#3E86EA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DB9D

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

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