#48CA9A#48CA9A

#48CA9A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.134 H 164.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CA9A
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 154)
HSL	hsl(158, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(158, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 23.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.51, -46.83, 13.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.51, 48.79, 163.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.1293 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.134 164.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6227, 45.9487, 37.8734)
Luminance	0.4595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CA9A #CA4878

analogous

#48CA59 #48CA9A #48B9CA

triadic

#48CA9A #9A48CA #CA9A48

tetradic

#48CA9A #5948CA #CA4878 #B9CA48

square

#48CA9A #5948CA #CA4878 #B9CA48

split-complementary

#48CA9A #CA48B9 #CA5948

monochromatic

#227657 #30A57A #48CA9A #77D8B4 #A7E5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#48CA9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#48CA9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CA9A

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CA9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CA9A	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BC97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AF9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ca9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.134 164.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dbb7',
    500: '#48ca9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ca9a;
$custom-light: #89dbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ca9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.846,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75516,
    "c": 0.13397,
    "h": 164.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CA9A

secondary

#D39BB0

accent

#4980DE

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CA9A

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

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