#48DB9E#48DB9E

#48DB9E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.153 H 161.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DB9E
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 158)
HSL	hsl(155, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(155, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 27.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.76, -52.90, 18.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.76, 56.16, 160.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% -0.1448 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.153 161.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1721, 54.5056, 41.0608)
Luminance	0.5451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DB9E #DB4885

analogous

#48DB55 #48DB9E #48CFDB

triadic

#48DB9E #9E48DB #DB9E48

tetradic

#48DB9E #5548DB #DB4885 #CFDB48

square

#48DB9E #5548DB #DB4885 #CFDB48

split-complementary

#48DB9E #DB48CF #DB5548

monochromatic

#1C8D5E #26C080 #48DB9E #7BE5B9 #AEEFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#48DB9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#48DB9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DB9E

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DB9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DB9E	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	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)

#D8CB9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BDA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48db9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.153 161.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce7ba',
    500: '#48db9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48db9e;
$custom-light: #8ce7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48db9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.102,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7984,
    "c": 0.15253,
    "h": 161.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DB9E

secondary

#92355C

accent

#3E85EA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DB9E

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

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