#48A080#48A080

#48A080 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.098 H 166.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A080
RGB	rgb(72, 160, 128)
HSL	hsl(158, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(158, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 20%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, -34.34, 8.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 35.45, 165.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% -0.0958 0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.098 166.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1378, 28.0761, 24.8286)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A080 #A04868

analogous

#48A054 #48A080 #4894A0

triadic

#48A080 #8048A0 #A08048

tetradic

#48A080 #5448A0 #A04868 #94A048

square

#48A080 #5448A0 #A04868 #94A048

split-complementary

#48A080 #A04894 #A05448

monochromatic

#224C3C #35765E #48A080 #69BC9E #94CFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#48A080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#48A080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A080

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A080	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D967E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908D82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 160, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.098 166.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bca4',
    500: '#48a080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a080;
$custom-light: #82bca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.182,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64256,
    "c": 0.09842,
    "h": 166.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A080

secondary

#BB899B

accent

#5A84CE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A080

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

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