#48C79B#48C79B

#48C79B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.129 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C79B
RGB	rgb(72, 199, 155)
HSL	hsl(159, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(159, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 22.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -45.34, 11.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 46.87, 165.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.1257 0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.129 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0093, 44.5880, 38.0815)
Luminance	0.4459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C79B #C74874

analogous

#48C75C #48C79B #48B3C7

triadic

#48C79B #9B48C7 #C79B48

tetradic

#48C79B #5C48C7 #C74874 #B3C748

square

#48C79B #5C48C7 #C74874 #B3C748

split-complementary

#48C79B #C748B3 #C75C48

monochromatic

#237256 #31A17A #48C79B #77D5B5 #A6E4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#48C79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#48C79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C79B

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C79B	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BA99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AD9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 199, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.129 166.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9b8',
    500: '#48c79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c79b;
$custom-light: #89d9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.213,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74793,
    "c": 0.12937,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C79B

secondary

#D19AAD

accent

#4B7EDD

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C79B

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

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