#48C09D#48C09D

#48C09D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.119 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C09D
RGB	rgb(72, 192, 157)
HSL	hsl(163, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(163, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 18.2%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -41.86, 7.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 42.58, 169.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.1174 0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.119 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6049, 41.5084, 38.4489)
Luminance	0.4151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C09D #C0486B

analogous

#48C061 #48C09D #48A7C0

triadic

#48C09D #9D48C0 #C09D48

tetradic

#48C09D #6148C0 #C0486B #A7C048

square

#48C09D #6148C0 #C0486B #A7C048

split-complementary

#48C09D #C048A7 #C06148

monochromatic

#246955 #34977A #48C09D #76D0B5 #A3DFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#48C09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#48C09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C09D

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C09D	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)

#BBB49B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA79F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 192, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.119 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d4b9',
    500: '#48c09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c09d;
$custom-light: #88d4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.5,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73102,
    "c": 0.11914,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C09D

secondary

#CC98A7

accent

#4F77D8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C09D

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

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