#48CA9C#48CA9C

#48CA9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.132 H 165.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CA9C
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 156)
HSL	hsl(159, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(159, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 22.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -46.38, 12.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 48.08, 164.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.1284 0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.132 165.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7906, 46.0159, 38.7580)
Luminance	0.4602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CA9C #CA4876

analogous

#48CA5B #48CA9C #48B7CA

triadic

#48CA9C #9C48CA #CA9C48

tetradic

#48CA9C #5B48CA #CA4876 #B7CA48

square

#48CA9C #5B48CA #CA4876 #B7CA48

split-complementary

#48CA9C #CA48B7 #CA5B48

monochromatic

#227658 #30A57C #48CA9C #77D8B6 #A7E5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#48CA9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#48CA9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CA9C

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CA9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CA9C	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)

#C6BC9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AF9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ca9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.132 165.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dbb9',
    500: '#48ca9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ca9c;
$custom-light: #89dbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ca9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.769,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75566,
    "c": 0.13242,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CA9C

secondary

#D39BAF

accent

#497EDE

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CA9C

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

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