#48CA99#48CA99

#48CA99 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.135 H 164.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CA99
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 153)
HSL	hsl(157, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(157, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 24.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, -47.05, 14.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 49.14, 163.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.1298 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.135 164.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5397, 45.9155, 37.4366)
Luminance	0.4592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CA99 #CA4879

analogous

#48CA58 #48CA99 #48BACA

triadic

#48CA99 #9948CA #CA9948

tetradic

#48CA99 #5848CA #CA4879 #BACA48

square

#48CA99 #5848CA #CA4879 #BACA48

split-complementary

#48CA99 #CA48BA #CA5848

monochromatic

#227656 #30A579 #48CA99 #77D8B3 #A7E5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#48CA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#48CA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CA99

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CA99	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BC96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AF9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ca99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.135 164.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dbb7',
    500: '#48ca99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ca99;
$custom-light: #89dbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ca99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.385,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75491,
    "c": 0.13476,
    "h": 164.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CA99

secondary

#D39BB0

accent

#4982DE

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CA99

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

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