#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
RGBrgb(72, 196, 154)
HSLhsl(160, 51%, 53%)
HSVhsv(160, 63%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(63.3%, 0%, 21.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(71.68, -44.29, 11.09)
CIE-LCHlch(71.68, 45.66, 165.94°)
OKLaboklab(74.02% -0.1231 0.0284)
OKLCHoklch(74.02% 0.126 167)
XYZxyz(28.2422, 43.1877, 37.4133)
Luminance0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##48C49A1.002.189.649.64
#FFFFFF2.181.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6421.001.001.00
##0000009.6421.001.001.00

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

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#48C49A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva