#48C488#48C488

#48C488 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.141 H 158.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C488
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 136)
HSL	hsl(151, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(151, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 30.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, -48.22, 20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 52.30, 157.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.1315 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.141 158.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8539, 42.6324, 30.1014)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C488 #C44884

analogous

#48C44A #48C488 #48C2C4

triadic

#48C488 #8848C4 #C48848

tetradic

#48C488 #4A48C4 #C44884 #C2C448

square

#48C488 #4A48C4 #C44884 #C2C448

split-complementary

#48C488 #C448C2 #C44A48

monochromatic

#236E4A #329C69 #48C488 #76D3A6 #A5E2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#48C488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#48C488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C488

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C488	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AA8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.141 158.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7ab',
    500: '#48c488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c488;
$custom-light: #88d7ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.968,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73586,
    "c": 0.14112,
    "h": 158.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C488

secondary

#CF99B3

accent

#4D92DB

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C488

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

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