#48C09C#48C09C

#48C09C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.120 H 169.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C09C
RGB	rgb(72, 192, 156)
HSL	hsl(162, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(162, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 18.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -42.09, 8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 42.91, 168.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.1179 0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.12 169.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5199, 41.4744, 38.0011)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C09C #C0486C

analogous

#48C060 #48C09C #48A8C0

triadic

#48C09C #9C48C0 #C09C48

tetradic

#48C09C #6048C0 #C0486C #A8C048

square

#48C09C #6048C0 #C0486C #A8C048

split-complementary

#48C09C #C048A8 #C06048

monochromatic

#246955 #349779 #48C09C #76D0B5 #A3DFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#48C09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#48C09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C09C

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C09C	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB49A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA79E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 192, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.120 169.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d4b9',
    500: '#48c09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c09c;
$custom-light: #88d4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73075,
    "c": 0.11983,
    "h": 169.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C09C

secondary

#CC98A7

accent

#4F79D8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C09C

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

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