#48C596#48C596

#48C596 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.131 H 164.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C596
RGB	rgb(72, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(157, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(157, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 23.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -45.63, 13.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 47.60, 163.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.126 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.131 164.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1409, 43.5093, 35.7633)
Luminance	0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C596 #C54877

analogous

#48C557 #48C596 #48B5C5

triadic

#48C596 #9648C5 #C59648

tetradic

#48C596 #5748C5 #C54877 #B5C548

square

#48C596 #5748C5 #C54877 #B5C548

split-complementary

#48C596 #C548B5 #C55748

monochromatic

#236F53 #329E75 #48C596 #76D4B1 #A5E2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#48C596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#48C596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C596

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C596	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B893

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AB99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.131 164.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7b5',
    500: '#48c596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c596;
$custom-light: #88d7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.44,
    "s": 51.867,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74167,
    "c": 0.13067,
    "h": 164.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C596

secondary

#CF99AE

accent

#4C82DB

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C596

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

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