#48C99E#48C99E

#48C99E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.130 H 167.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C99E
RGB	rgb(72, 201, 158)
HSL	hsl(160, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(160, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 0%, 21.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -45.50, 11.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 46.86, 166.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% -0.1264 0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.13 167.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7275, 45.6165, 39.5793)
Luminance	0.4562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C99E #C94873

analogous

#48C95D #48C99E #48B3C9

triadic

#48C99E #9E48C9 #C99E48

tetradic

#48C99E #5D48C9 #C94873 #B3C948

square

#48C99E #5D48C9 #C94873 #B3C948

split-complementary

#48C99E #C948B3 #C95D48

monochromatic

#227459 #30A47D #48C99E #77D7B7 #A7E5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#48C99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#48C99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C99E

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C99E	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BC9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AFA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 201, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.130 167.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89daba',
    500: '#48c99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c99e;
$custom-light: #89daba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75368,
    "c": 0.12965,
    "h": 167.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C99E

secondary

#D29BAD

accent

#4A7BDE

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C99E

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

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