#48C196#48C196

#48C196 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.125 H 166.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C196
RGB	rgb(72, 193, 150)
HSL	hsl(159, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(159, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 22.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -43.93, 11.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 45.49, 164.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.1218 0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.125 166)
XYZ	xyz(27.2447, 41.7168, 35.4646)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C196 #C14873

analogous

#48C15A #48C196 #48AFC1

triadic

#48C196 #9648C1 #C19648

tetradic

#48C196 #5A48C1 #C14873 #AFC148

square

#48C196 #5A48C1 #C14873 #AFC148

split-complementary

#48C196 #C148AF #C15A48

monochromatic

#246B51 #349874 #48C196 #76D0B0 #A3E0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#48C196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#48C196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C196

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C196	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB494

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 193, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.125 166.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d4b5',
    500: '#48c196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c196;
$custom-light: #87d4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.678,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73167,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 166
  },
  "luminance": 0.4172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C196

secondary

#CD98AB

accent

#4F80D9

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C196

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

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