#48C495#48C495

#48C495 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.130 H 164.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C495
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 149)
HSL	hsl(157, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(157, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 24%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -45.43, 13.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 47.43, 163.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.1254 0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.13 164.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8344, 43.0246, 35.2656)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C495 #C44877

analogous

#48C457 #48C495 #48B5C4

triadic

#48C495 #9548C4 #C49548

tetradic

#48C495 #5748C4 #C44877 #B5C448

square

#48C495 #5748C4 #C44877 #B5C448

split-complementary

#48C495 #C448B5 #C45748

monochromatic

#236E52 #329C74 #48C495 #76D3B0 #A5E2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#48C495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#48C495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C495

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C495	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B792

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAA98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.130 164.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7b4',
    500: '#48c495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c495;
$custom-light: #88d7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.258,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73892,
    "c": 0.13016,
    "h": 164.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C495

secondary

#CF99AD

accent

#4D83DB

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C495

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

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