#48C499#48C499

#48C499 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.127 H 166.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C499
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 153)
HSL	hsl(159, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(159, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 21.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, -44.52, 11.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 46.01, 165.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.1235 0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.127 166.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1592, 43.1545, 36.9765)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C499 #C44873

analogous

#48C45B #48C499 #48B1C4

triadic

#48C499 #9948C4 #C49948

tetradic

#48C499 #5B48C4 #C44873 #B1C448

square

#48C499 #5B48C4 #C44873 #B1C448

split-complementary

#48C499 #C448B1 #C45B48

monochromatic

#236E54 #329C78 #48C499 #76D3B3 #A5E2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#48C499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#48C499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C499

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C499	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAA9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.127 166.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d6b7',
    500: '#48c499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c499;
$custom-light: #88d6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.194,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73993,
    "c": 0.12706,
    "h": 166.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C499

secondary

#CF99AC

accent

#4D7EDB

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C499

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

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