#48C09E#48C09E

#48C09E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.118 H 170.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C09E
RGB	rgb(72, 192, 158)
HSL	hsl(163, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(163, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 17.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -41.62, 7.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 42.26, 170.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.117 0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.118 170.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6906, 41.5427, 38.9003)
Luminance	0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C09E #C0486A

analogous

#48C062 #48C09E #48A6C0

triadic

#48C09E #9E48C0 #C09E48

tetradic

#48C09E #6248C0 #C0486A #A6C048

square

#48C09E #6248C0 #C0486A #A6C048

split-complementary

#48C09E #C048A6 #C06248

monochromatic

#246956 #34977B #48C09E #76D0B6 #A3DFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#48C09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#48C09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C09E

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C09E	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB49C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA7A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 192, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.118 170.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d4ba',
    500: '#48c09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c09e;
$custom-light: #88d4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73129,
    "c": 0.11847,
    "h": 170.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C09E

secondary

#CC98A6

accent

#4F76D8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C09E

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

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