#48A082#48A082

#48A082 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.097 H 168.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A082
RGB	rgb(72, 160, 130)
HSL	hsl(160, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(160, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 18.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.01, -33.87, 7.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.01, 34.74, 167.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.31% -0.0949 0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(64.31% 0.097 168.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2707, 28.1293, 25.5287)
Luminance	0.2813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A082 #A04866

analogous

#48A056 #48A082 #4892A0

triadic

#48A082 #8248A0 #A08248

tetradic

#48A082 #5648A0 #A04866 #92A048

square

#48A082 #5648A0 #A04866 #92A048

split-complementary

#48A082 #A04892 #A05648

monochromatic

#224C3D #357660 #48A082 #69BCA0 #94CFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#48A082 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#48A082 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A082

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A082	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A082	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8D84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a082;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 160, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.097 168.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bca6',
    500: '#48a082',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a082;
$custom-light: #82bca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a082",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.545,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64311,
    "c": 0.09691,
    "h": 168.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A082

secondary

#BB899A

accent

#5A81CE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A082

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

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