#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
RGBrgb(72, 192, 158)
HSLhsl(163, 49%, 52%)
HSVhsv(163, 63%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(62.5%, 0%, 17.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LABlab(70.55, -41.62, 7.32)
CIE-LCHlch(70.55, 42.26, 170.03°)
OKLaboklab(73.13% -0.117 0.0187)
OKLCHoklch(73.13% 0.118 170.9)
XYZxyz(27.6906, 41.5427, 38.9003)
Luminance0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##48C09E1.002.269.319.31
#FFFFFF2.261.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3121.001.001.00
##0000009.3121.001.001.00

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

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#48C09E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva