#48CA9F#48CA9F

#48CA9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.130 H 167.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CA9F
RGB	rgb(72, 202, 159)
HSL	hsl(160, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(160, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 21.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -45.69, 11.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 47.03, 166.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.127 0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.13 167.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0478, 46.1188, 40.1124)
Luminance	0.4612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CA9F #CA4873

analogous

#48CA5E #48CA9F #48B4CA

triadic

#48CA9F #9F48CA #CA9F48

tetradic

#48CA9F #5E48CA #CA4873 #B4CA48

square

#48CA9F #5E48CA #CA4873 #B4CA48

split-complementary

#48CA9F #CA48B4 #CA5E48

monochromatic

#22765A #30A57E #48CA9F #77D8B8 #A7E5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#48CA9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#48CA9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CA9F

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CA9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CA9F	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	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)

#C5BD9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B0A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ca9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 202, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.130 167.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dbbb',
    500: '#48ca9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ca9f;
$custom-light: #89dbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ca9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.154,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75642,
    "c": 0.13017,
    "h": 167.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CA9F

secondary

#D39BAD

accent

#497BDE

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CA9F

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

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