#48DC9C#48DC9C

#48DC9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.155 H 160.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DC9C
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 156)
HSL	hsl(154, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(154, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 29.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.02, -53.71, 20.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.02, 57.42, 159.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% -0.1467 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.155 160.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2630, 54.9606, 40.2488)
Luminance	0.5496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DC9C #DC4888

analogous

#48DC52 #48DC9C #48D2DC

triadic

#48DC9C #9C48DC #DC9C48

tetradic

#48DC9C #5248DC #DC4888 #D2DC48

square

#48DC9C #5248DC #DC4888 #D2DC48

split-complementary

#48DC9C #DC48D2 #DC5248

monochromatic

#1B8E5D #25C27E #48DC9C #7BE6B8 #AFF0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#48DC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#48DC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DC9C

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DC9C	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CC98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BEA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dc9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.155 160.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce8b9',
    500: '#48dc9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dc9c;
$custom-light: #8ce8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dc9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.054,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80043,
    "c": 0.15547,
    "h": 160.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DC9C

secondary

#94355E

accent

#3D88EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DC9C

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

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