#48CA9B#48CA9B

#48CA9B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.133 H 165.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CA9B
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 155)
HSL	hsl(158, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(158, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 23.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, -46.60, 13.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 48.43, 164.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.1289 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.133 165.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7063, 45.9822, 38.3139)
Luminance	0.4598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CA9B #CA4877

analogous

#48CA5A #48CA9B #48B8CA

triadic

#48CA9B #9B48CA #CA9B48

tetradic

#48CA9B #5A48CA #CA4877 #B8CA48

square

#48CA9B #5A48CA #CA4877 #B8CA48

split-complementary

#48CA9B #CA48B8 #CA5A48

monochromatic

#227657 #30A57B #48CA9B #77D8B5 #A7E5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#48CA9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#48CA9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CA9B

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CA9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CA9B	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BC98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AF9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ca9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.133 165.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dbb8',
    500: '#48ca9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ca9b;
$custom-light: #89dbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ca9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.308,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75541,
    "c": 0.13319,
    "h": 165.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CA9B

secondary

#D39BAF

accent

#497FDE

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CA9B

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

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