#48C487#48C487

#48C487 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.142 H 158.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C487
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 135)
HSL	hsl(150, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(150, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 31.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -48.43, 20.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 52.68, 156.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.1319 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.142 158.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7831, 42.6041, 29.7289)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C487 #C44885

analogous

#48C449 #48C487 #48C3C4

triadic

#48C487 #8748C4 #C48748

tetradic

#48C487 #4948C4 #C44885 #C3C448

square

#48C487 #4948C4 #C44885 #C3C448

split-complementary

#48C487 #C448C3 #C44948

monochromatic

#236E49 #329C68 #48C487 #76D3A5 #A5E2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#48C487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#48C487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C487

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C487	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)

#C2B683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AA8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.142 158.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7aa',
    500: '#48c487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c487;
$custom-light: #88d7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.484,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73563,
    "c": 0.14202,
    "h": 158.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C487

secondary

#CF99B3

accent

#4D93DB

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C487

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

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