#48C49D#48C49D

#48C49D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.124 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C49D
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 157)
HSL	hsl(161, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(161, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 19.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -43.59, 9.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 44.63, 167.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.1217 0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.124 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4952, 43.2889, 38.7456)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C49D #C4486F

analogous

#48C45F #48C49D #48ADC4

triadic

#48C49D #9D48C4 #C49D48

tetradic

#48C49D #5F48C4 #C4486F #ADC448

square

#48C49D #5F48C4 #C4486F #ADC448

split-complementary

#48C49D #C448AD #C45F48

monochromatic

#236E57 #329C7B #48C49D #76D3B6 #A5E2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#48C49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#48C49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C49D

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C49D	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB79B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEABA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.124 168.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d6ba',
    500: '#48c49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c49d;
$custom-light: #88d6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.129,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74098,
    "c": 0.12411,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C49D

secondary

#CF99AA

accent

#4D7ADB

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C49D

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

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