#48C49A#48C49A

#48C49A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.126 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C49A
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 154)
HSL	hsl(160, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(160, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 21.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -44.29, 11.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 45.66, 165.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.1231 0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.126 167)
XYZ	xyz(28.2422, 43.1877, 37.4133)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C49A #C44872

analogous

#48C45C #48C49A #48B0C4

triadic

#48C49A #9A48C4 #C49A48

tetradic

#48C49A #5C48C4 #C44872 #B0C448

square

#48C49A #5C48C4 #C44872 #B0C448

split-complementary

#48C49A #C448B0 #C45C48

monochromatic

#236E55 #329C78 #48C49A #76D3B4 #A5E2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#48C49A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#48C49A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C49A

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C49A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C49A	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAB9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c49a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.126 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d6b7',
    500: '#48c49a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c49a;
$custom-light: #88d6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c49a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.677,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74019,
    "c": 0.1263,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.43191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C49A

secondary

#CF99AB

accent

#4D7DDB

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C49A

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

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