#48C49E#48C49E

#48C49E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.123 H 169.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C49E
RGB	rgb(72, 196, 158)
HSL	hsl(162, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(162, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 19.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -43.36, 9.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 44.29, 168.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.1212 0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.123 169.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5809, 43.3232, 39.1971)
Luminance	0.4333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C49E #C4486E

analogous

#48C460 #48C49E #48ACC4

triadic

#48C49E #9E48C4 #C49E48

tetradic

#48C49E #6048C4 #C4486E #ACC448

square

#48C49E #6048C4 #C4486E #ACC448

split-complementary

#48C49E #C448AC #C46048

monochromatic

#236E57 #329C7C #48C49E #76D3B7 #A5E2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#48C49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#48C49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C49E

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C49E	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB79C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEABA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 196, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.123 169.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d6ba',
    500: '#48c49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c49e;
$custom-light: #88d6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.613,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74124,
    "c": 0.1234,
    "h": 169.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C49E

secondary

#CF99A9

accent

#4D78DB

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C49E

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

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