#48C797#48C797

#48C797 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.132 H 164.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C797
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 151)
HSL	hsl(157, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(157, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 24.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -46.24, 13.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 48.29, 163.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.1276 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.132 164.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6789, 44.4559, 36.3416)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C797 #C74878

analogous

#48C757 #48C797 #48B7C7

triadic

#48C797 #9748C7 #C79748

tetradic

#48C797 #5748C7 #C74878 #B7C748

square

#48C797 #5748C7 #C74878 #B7C748

split-complementary

#48C797 #C748B7 #C75748

monochromatic

#237254 #31A177 #48C797 #77D5B2 #A6E4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#48C797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#48C797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C797

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C797	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B994

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AD9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.132 164.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d9b5',
    500: '#48c797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c797;
$custom-light: #88d9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.323,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74692,
    "c": 0.13247,
    "h": 164.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C797

secondary

#D19AAF

accent

#4B82DD

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C797

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

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