#48C799#48C799

#48C799 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.131 H 165.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C799
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 153)
HSL	hsl(158, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(158, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 23.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -45.79, 12.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 47.58, 164.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.1267 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.131 165.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8427, 44.5214, 37.2043)
Luminance	0.4452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C799 #C74876

analogous

#48C759 #48C799 #48B5C7

triadic

#48C799 #9948C7 #C79948

tetradic

#48C799 #5948C7 #C74876 #B5C748

square

#48C799 #5948C7 #C74876 #B5C748

split-complementary

#48C799 #C748B5 #C75948

monochromatic

#237255 #31A178 #48C799 #77D5B3 #A6E4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#48C799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#48C799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C799

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C799	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BA97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AD9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.131 165.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d9b7',
    500: '#48c799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c799;
$custom-light: #88d9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.268,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74742,
    "c": 0.1309,
    "h": 165.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C799

secondary

#D19AAE

accent

#4B80DD

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C799

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

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