#48C189#48C189

#48C189 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.136 H 159.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C189
RGB	rgb(72, 193, 137)
HSL	hsl(152, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(152, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 29%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -46.78, 18.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 50.29, 158.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.1279 0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.136 159.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2553, 41.3211, 30.2542)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C189 #C14880

analogous

#48C14C #48C189 #48BDC1

triadic

#48C189 #8948C1 #C18948

tetradic

#48C189 #4C48C1 #C14880 #BDC148

square

#48C189 #4C48C1 #C14880 #BDC148

split-complementary

#48C189 #C148BD #C14C48

monochromatic

#246B4A #34986A #48C189 #76D0A6 #A3E0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#48C189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#48C189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C189

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C189	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB386

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA78D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 193, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.136 159.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d4ab',
    500: '#48c189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c189;
$custom-light: #87d4ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.231,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72851,
    "c": 0.13619,
    "h": 159.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C189

secondary

#CD98B0

accent

#4F8FD9

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C189

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

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