#48C09F#48C09F

#48C09F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.118 H 171.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C09F
RGB	rgb(72, 192, 159)
HSL	hsl(164, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(164, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 17.2%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, -41.38, 6.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 41.93, 170.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.1165 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.118 171.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7771, 41.5773, 39.3555)
Luminance	0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C09F #C04869

analogous

#48C063 #48C09F #48A5C0

triadic

#48C09F #9F48C0 #C09F48

tetradic

#48C09F #6348C0 #C04869 #A5C048

square

#48C09F #6348C0 #C04869 #A5C048

split-complementary

#48C09F #C048A5 #C06348

monochromatic

#246956 #34977C #48C09F #76D0B7 #A3DFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#48C09F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#48C09F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C09F

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C09F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C09F	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB49D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A8A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c09f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 192, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.118 171.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d4bb',
    500: '#48c09f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c09f;
$custom-light: #88d4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c09f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.5,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73157,
    "c": 0.1178,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C09F

secondary

#CC98A6

accent

#4F75D8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C09F

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

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