#48C996#48C996

#48C996 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.136 H 163.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C996
RGB	rgb(72, 201, 150)
HSL	hsl(156, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(156, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 0%, 25.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.12, -47.30, 15.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.12, 49.71, 162.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.1301 0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.136 163.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0612, 45.3499, 36.0701)
Luminance	0.4535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C996 #C9487B

analogous

#48C955 #48C996 #48BBC9

triadic

#48C996 #9648C9 #C99648

tetradic

#48C996 #5548C9 #C9487B #BBC948

square

#48C996 #5548C9 #C9487B #BBC948

split-complementary

#48C996 #C948BB #C95548

monochromatic

#227454 #30A476 #48C996 #77D7B1 #A7E5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#48C996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#48C996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C996

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C996	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BB93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AE99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 201, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.136 163.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dab5',
    500: '#48c996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c996;
$custom-light: #89dab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.279,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75168,
    "c": 0.13587,
    "h": 163.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C996

secondary

#D29BB1

accent

#4A84DE

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C996

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

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