#48C09B#48C09B

#48C09B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.121 H 169.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C09B
RGB	rgb(72, 192, 155)
HSL	hsl(162, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(162, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 19.3%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -42.33, 8.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 43.25, 168.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.1184 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.121 169.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4356, 41.4407, 37.5570)
Luminance	0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C09B #C0486D

analogous

#48C05F #48C09B #48A9C0

triadic

#48C09B #9B48C0 #C09B48

tetradic

#48C09B #5F48C0 #C0486D #A9C048

square

#48C09B #5F48C0 #C0486D #A9C048

split-complementary

#48C09B #C048A9 #C05F48

monochromatic

#246954 #349778 #48C09B #76D0B4 #A3DFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#48C09B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#48C09B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C09B

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C09B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C09B	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA79D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c09b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 192, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.121 169.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d4b8',
    500: '#48c09b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c09b;
$custom-light: #87d4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c09b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.5,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73048,
    "c": 0.12053,
    "h": 169.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C09B

secondary

#CC98A8

accent

#4F7AD8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C09B

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

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