#48DC9E#48DC9E

#48DC9E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.154 H 161.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DC9E
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 158)
HSL	hsl(155, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(155, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 28.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.06, -53.29, 19.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.06, 56.68, 160.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% -0.1458 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.154 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4338, 55.0289, 41.1481)
Luminance	0.5503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DC9E #DC4886

analogous

#48DC54 #48DC9E #48D0DC

triadic

#48DC9E #9E48DC #DC9E48

tetradic

#48DC9E #5448DC #DC4886 #D0DC48

square

#48DC9E #5448DC #DC4886 #D0DC48

split-complementary

#48DC9E #DC48D0 #DC5448

monochromatic

#1B8E5E #25C280 #48DC9E #7BE6B9 #AFF0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#48DC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#48DC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DC9E

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DC9E	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CC9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BEA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dc9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.154 161.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce8ba',
    500: '#48dc9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dc9e;
$custom-light: #8ce8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dc9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.865,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80088,
    "c": 0.15381,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DC9E

secondary

#94355C

accent

#3D86EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DC9E

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

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