#48C896#48C896

#48C896 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.135 H 163.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C896
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 150)
HSL	hsl(157, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(157, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 25%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -46.88, 14.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 49.18, 162.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.1291 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.135 163.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8289, 44.8852, 35.9927)
Luminance	0.4489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C896 #C8487A

analogous

#48C856 #48C896 #48BAC8

triadic

#48C896 #9648C8 #C89648

tetradic

#48C896 #5648C8 #C8487A #BAC848

square

#48C896 #5648C8 #C8487A #BAC848

split-complementary

#48C896 #C848BA #C85648

monochromatic

#237354 #31A276 #48C896 #77D6B1 #A6E4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#48C896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#48C896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C896

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C896	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BA93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AE99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.135 163.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9b5',
    500: '#48c896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c896;
$custom-light: #89d9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.563,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74918,
    "c": 0.13456,
    "h": 163.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C896

secondary

#D19AB0

accent

#4B84DD

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C896

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

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