#48C486#48C486

#48C486 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.143 H 157.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C486
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 134)
HSL	hsl(150, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(150, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 31.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, -48.63, 21.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 53.07, 156.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.1324 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.143 157.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7130, 42.5760, 29.3598)
Luminance	0.4258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C486 #C44886

analogous

#48C448 #48C486 #48C4C4

triadic

#48C486 #8648C4 #C48648

tetradic

#48C486 #4848C4 #C44886 #C4C448

square

#48C486 #4848C4 #C44886 #C4C448

split-complementary

#48C486 #C448C4 #C44848

monochromatic

#236E49 #329C67 #48C486 #76D3A5 #A5E2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#48C486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#48C486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C486

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C486	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AA8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.143 157.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7a9',
    500: '#48c486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c486;
$custom-light: #88d7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73541,
    "c": 0.1429,
    "h": 157.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C486

secondary

#CF99B4

accent

#4D94DB

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C486

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

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