#48E09B#48E09B

#48E09B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.161 H 159.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E09B
RGB	rgb(72, 224, 155)
HSL	hsl(153, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(153, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 30.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.21, -55.49, 22.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.21, 59.86, 157.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.1511 0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.161 159.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2411, 57.0517, 40.1588)
Luminance	0.5706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E09B #E0488D

analogous

#48E04F #48E09B #48D9E0

triadic

#48E09B #9B48E0 #E09B48

tetradic

#48E09B #4F48E0 #E0488D #D9E048

square

#48E09B #4F48E0 #E0488D #D9E048

split-complementary

#48E09B #E048D9 #E04F48

monochromatic

#19945C #22C97D #48E09B #7CE9B8 #B1F2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#48E09B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#48E09B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E09B

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E09B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E09B	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECF97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC19F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e09b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 224, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.161 159.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8debb8',
    500: '#48e09b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e09b;
$custom-light: #8debb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e09b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.763,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81013,
    "c": 0.16145,
    "h": 159.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E09B

secondary

#993361

accent

#3A8CEE

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF8

border

#CFD6D1

text

#0E1611

muted

#7F8581

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E09B

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

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