#48C696#48C696

#48C696 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.132 H 164.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C696
RGB	rgb(72, 198, 150)
HSL	hsl(157, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(157, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 0%, 24.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -46.05, 13.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 48.13, 163.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.127 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.132 164.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3687, 43.9649, 35.8393)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C696 #C64878

analogous

#48C657 #48C696 #48B7C6

triadic

#48C696 #9648C6 #C69648

tetradic

#48C696 #5748C6 #C64878 #B7C648

square

#48C696 #5748C6 #C64878 #B7C648

split-complementary

#48C696 #C648B7 #C65748

monochromatic

#237153 #329F75 #48C696 #77D5B1 #A5E3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#48C696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#48C696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C696

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C696	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B893

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 198, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.132 164.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d8b5',
    500: '#48c696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c696;
$custom-light: #88d8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.143,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74418,
    "c": 0.13197,
    "h": 164.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C696

secondary

#D09AAE

accent

#4C83DC

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C696

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

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