#48CA9D#48CA9D

#48CA9D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.132 H 166.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CA9D
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 157)
HSL	hsl(159, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(159, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 22.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, -46.15, 12.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 47.73, 165.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.1279 0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.132 166.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8757, 46.0499, 39.2058)
Luminance	0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CA9D #CA4875

analogous

#48CA5C #48CA9D #48B6CA

triadic

#48CA9D #9D48CA #CA9D48

tetradic

#48CA9D #5C48CA #CA4875 #B6CA48

square

#48CA9D #5C48CA #CA4875 #B6CA48

split-complementary

#48CA9D #CA48B6 #CA5C48

monochromatic

#227659 #30A57C #48CA9D #77D8B6 #A7E5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#48CA9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#48CA9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CA9D

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CA9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CA9D	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BC9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AFA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ca9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.132 166.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dbba',
    500: '#48ca9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ca9d;
$custom-light: #89dbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ca9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.231,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75591,
    "c": 0.13166,
    "h": 166.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CA9D

secondary

#D39BAE

accent

#497DDE

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CA9D

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

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