#48DC9F#48DC9F

#48DC9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.153 H 161.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DC9F
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 159)
HSL	hsl(155, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(155, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 27.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -53.08, 18.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 56.31, 160.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.1453 0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.153 161.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5202, 55.0635, 41.6032)
Luminance	0.5507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DC9F #DC4885

analogous

#48DC55 #48DC9F #48CFDC

triadic

#48DC9F #9F48DC #DC9F48

tetradic

#48DC9F #5548DC #DC4885 #CFDC48

square

#48DC9F #5548DC #DC4885 #CFDC48

split-complementary

#48DC9F #DC48CF #DC5548

monochromatic

#1B8E5F #25C281 #48DC9F #7BE6BA #AFF0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#48DC9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#48DC9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DC9F

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DC9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DC9F	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)

#D9CC9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BEA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dc9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.153 161.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce8bb',
    500: '#48dc9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dc9f;
$custom-light: #8ce8bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dc9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.27,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80111,
    "c": 0.15298,
    "h": 161.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DC9F

secondary

#94355C

accent

#3D85EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DC9F

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

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