#48C490#48C490

#48C490 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.134 H 162.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C490
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 144)
HSL	hsl(155, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(155, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 26.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -46.53, 16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 49.26, 160.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.1277 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.134 162.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4438, 42.8683, 33.2083)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C490 #C4487C

analogous

#48C452 #48C490 #48BAC4

triadic

#48C490 #9048C4 #C49048

tetradic

#48C490 #5248C4 #C4487C #BAC448

square

#48C490 #5248C4 #C4487C #BAC448

split-complementary

#48C490 #C448BA #C45248

monochromatic

#236E4F #329C70 #48C490 #76D3AC #A5E2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#48C490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#48C490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C490

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C490	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B68D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AA93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.134 162.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7b0',
    500: '#48c490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c490;
$custom-light: #88d7b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.839,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7377,
    "c": 0.13424,
    "h": 162.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C490

secondary

#CF99B0

accent

#4D88DB

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C490

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

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