#48C494#48C494

#48C494 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.131 H 164.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C494
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 148)
HSL	hsl(157, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(157, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 24.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -45.65, 14.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 47.79, 162.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.1259 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.131 164)
XYZ	xyz(27.7549, 42.9928, 34.8470)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C494 #C44878

analogous

#48C456 #48C494 #48B6C4

triadic

#48C494 #9448C4 #C49448

tetradic

#48C494 #5648C4 #C44878 #B6C448

square

#48C494 #5648C4 #C44878 #B6C448

split-complementary

#48C494 #C448B6 #C45648

monochromatic

#236E51 #329C73 #48C494 #76D3AF #A5E2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#48C494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#48C494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C494

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C494	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAA97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.131 164.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7b3',
    500: '#48c494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c494;
$custom-light: #88d7b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.774,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73867,
    "c": 0.13096,
    "h": 164
  },
  "luminance": 0.42996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C494

secondary

#CF99AE

accent

#4D84DB

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C494

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

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