#48C489#48C489

#48C489 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.140 H 159.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C489
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 137)
HSL	hsl(151, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(151, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 30.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -48.02, 19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 51.91, 157.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.131 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.14 159.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9253, 42.6609, 30.4775)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C489 #C44883

analogous

#48C44B #48C489 #48C1C4

triadic

#48C489 #8948C4 #C48948

tetradic

#48C489 #4B48C4 #C44883 #C1C448

square

#48C489 #4B48C4 #C44883 #C1C448

split-complementary

#48C489 #C448C1 #C44B48

monochromatic

#236E4B #329C6A #48C489 #76D3A7 #A5E2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#48C489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#48C489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C489

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C489	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)

#C2B685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AA8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.140 159.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7ab',
    500: '#48c489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c489;
$custom-light: #88d7ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.452,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73608,
    "c": 0.14025,
    "h": 159.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C489

secondary

#CF99B3

accent

#4D90DB

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C489

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

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