#48C496#48C496

#48C496 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.129 H 165.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C496
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 150)
HSL	hsl(158, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(158, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 23.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -45.20, 13.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 47.07, 163.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.1249 0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.129 165)
XYZ	xyz(27.9146, 43.0567, 35.6879)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C496 #C44876

analogous

#48C458 #48C496 #48B4C4

triadic

#48C496 #9648C4 #C49648

tetradic

#48C496 #5848C4 #C44876 #B4C448

square

#48C496 #5848C4 #C44876 #B4C448

split-complementary

#48C496 #C448B4 #C45848

monochromatic

#236E52 #329C75 #48C496 #76D3B1 #A5E2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#48C496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#48C496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C496

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C496	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	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)

#C0B794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAA99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.129 165.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d6b5',
    500: '#48c496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c496;
$custom-light: #88d6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.742,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73917,
    "c": 0.12937,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.4306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C496

secondary

#CF99AD

accent

#4D82DB

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C496

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

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