#48DB9F#48DB9F

#48DB9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.152 H 162.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DB9F
RGB	rgb(72, 219, 159)
HSL	hsl(156, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(156, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 27.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -52.68, 18.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 55.80, 160.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.1443 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.152 162)
XYZ	xyz(34.2585, 54.5402, 41.5160)
Luminance	0.5454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DB9F #DB4884

analogous

#48DB56 #48DB9F #48CEDB

triadic

#48DB9F #9F48DB #DB9F48

tetradic

#48DB9F #5648DB #DB4884 #CEDB48

square

#48DB9F #5648DB #DB4884 #CEDB48

split-complementary

#48DB9F #DB48CE #DB5648

monochromatic

#1C8D5F #26C081 #48DB9F #7BE5BA #AEEFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#48DB9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#48DB9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DB9F

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DB9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DB9F	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CB9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BDA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48db9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 219, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.152 162.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce7bb',
    500: '#48db9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48db9f;
$custom-light: #8ce7bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48db9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.51,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79863,
    "c": 0.1517,
    "h": 162
  },
  "luminance": 0.54544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DB9F

secondary

#92355B

accent

#3E84EA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DB9F

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

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