#48DCA9#48DCA9

#48DCA9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.145 H 165.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DCA9
RGB	rgb(72, 220, 169)
HSL	hsl(159, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(159, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 23.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, -50.89, 13.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 52.74, 164.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% -0.1407 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.145 165.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4233, 55.4247, 46.3596)
Luminance	0.5543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DCA9 #DC487B

analogous

#48DC5F #48DCA9 #48C5DC

triadic

#48DCA9 #A948DC #DCA948

tetradic

#48DCA9 #5F48DC #DC487B #C5DC48

square

#48DCA9 #5F48DC #DC487B #C5DC48

split-complementary

#48DCA9 #DC48C5 #DC5F48

monochromatic

#1B8E67 #25C28C #48DCA9 #7BE6C1 #AFF0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#48DCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#48DCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DCA9

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DCA9	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CDA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BFAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 220, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.145 165.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce8c2',
    500: '#48dca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dca9;
$custom-light: #8ce8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.324,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80349,
    "c": 0.14508,
    "h": 165.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DCA9

secondary

#943555

accent

#3D79EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DCA9

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

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