#48C185#48C185

#48C185 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.140 H 158.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C185
RGB	rgb(72, 193, 133)
HSL	hsl(150, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(150, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 31.1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -47.61, 20.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 51.83, 156.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.1297 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.14 158.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9737, 41.2084, 28.7710)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C185 #C14884

analogous

#48C149 #48C185 #48C1C1

triadic

#48C185 #8548C1 #C18548

tetradic

#48C185 #4948C1 #C14884 #C1C148

square

#48C185 #4948C1 #C14884 #C1C148

split-complementary

#48C185 #C148C1 #C14948

monochromatic

#246B48 #349866 #48C185 #76D0A3 #A3E0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#48C185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#48C185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C185

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C185	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 193, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.140 158.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d4a8',
    500: '#48c185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c185;
$custom-light: #87d4a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.248,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7276,
    "c": 0.13973,
    "h": 158.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C185

secondary

#CD98B2

accent

#4F93D9

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C185

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

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