#48E09C#48E09C

#48E09C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.161 H 159.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E09C
RGB	rgb(72, 224, 156)
HSL	hsl(153, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(153, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 30.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, -55.28, 21.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 59.48, 158.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.1506 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.161 159.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3254, 57.0854, 40.6029)
Luminance	0.5709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E09C #E0488C

analogous

#48E050 #48E09C #48D8E0

triadic

#48E09C #9C48E0 #E09C48

tetradic

#48E09C #5048E0 #E0488C #D8E048

square

#48E09C #5048E0 #E0488C #D8E048

split-complementary

#48E09C #E048D8 #E05048

monochromatic

#19945D #22C97E #48E09C #7CE9B8 #B1F2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#48E09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#48E09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E09C

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E09C	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCF98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC1A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 224, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.161 159.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8debb9',
    500: '#48e09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e09c;
$custom-light: #8debb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.158,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81035,
    "c": 0.1606,
    "h": 159.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E09C

secondary

#993361

accent

#3A8AEE

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF8

border

#CFD6D1

text

#0E1611

muted

#7F8581

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E09C

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

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