#48C898#48C898

#48C898 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.133 H 164.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C898
RGB	rgb(72, 200, 152)
HSL	hsl(158, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(158, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 24%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.86, -46.44, 13.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.86, 48.46, 163.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.1282 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.133 164.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9913, 44.9502, 36.8481)
Luminance	0.4495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C898 #C84878

analogous

#48C858 #48C898 #48B8C8

triadic

#48C898 #9848C8 #C89848

tetradic

#48C898 #5848C8 #C84878 #B8C848

square

#48C898 #5848C8 #C84878 #B8C848

split-complementary

#48C898 #C848B8 #C85848

monochromatic

#237355 #31A278 #48C898 #77D6B2 #A6E4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#48C898 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#48C898 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C898

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C898	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C898	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AE9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c898;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 200, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.133 164.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9b6',
    500: '#48c898',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c898;
$custom-light: #89d9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c898",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.5,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74967,
    "c": 0.13297,
    "h": 164.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C898

secondary

#D19AAF

accent

#4B82DD

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C898

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

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