#48DD9F#48DD9F

#48DD9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.154 H 161.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48DD9F
RGB	rgb(72, 221, 159)
HSL	hsl(155, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(155, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 28.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.38, -53.48, 19.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.38, 56.83, 160.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.1463 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.154 161.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7834, 55.5900, 41.6910)
Luminance	0.5559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48DD9F #DD4886

analogous

#48DD55 #48DD9F #48D0DD

triadic

#48DD9F #9F48DD #DD9F48

tetradic

#48DD9F #5548DD #DD4886 #D0DD48

square

#48DD9F #5548DD #DD4886 #D0DD48

split-complementary

#48DD9F #DD48D0 #DD5548

monochromatic

#1B905F #24C381 #48DD9F #7CE7BA #AFF0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#48DD9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#48DD9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48DD9F

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48DD9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48DD9F	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACD9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BFA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48dd9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 221, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.154 161.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce8bb',
    500: '#48dd9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48dd9f;
$custom-light: #8ce8bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48dd9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.034,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80359,
    "c": 0.15426,
    "h": 161.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48DD9F

secondary

#95345C

accent

#3C85EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #48DD9F

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

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