#48CA9E#48CA9E

#48CA9E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.131 H 166.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CA9E
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 158)
HSL	hsl(160, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(160, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 21.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -45.92, 11.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 47.38, 165.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.1275 0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.131 166.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9614, 46.0842, 39.6573)
Luminance	0.4609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CA9E #CA4874

analogous

#48CA5D #48CA9E #48B5CA

triadic

#48CA9E #9E48CA #CA9E48

tetradic

#48CA9E #5D48CA #CA4874 #B5CA48

square

#48CA9E #5D48CA #CA4874 #B5CA48

split-complementary

#48CA9E #CA48B5 #CA5D48

monochromatic

#227659 #30A57D #48CA9E #77D8B7 #A7E5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#48CA9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#48CA9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CA9E

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CA9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CA9E	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BC9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B0A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ca9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.131 166.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dbba',
    500: '#48ca9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ca9e;
$custom-light: #89dbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ca9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.692,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75617,
    "c": 0.13091,
    "h": 166.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CA9E

secondary

#D39BAE

accent

#497CDE

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CA9E

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

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