#48A181#48A181

#48A181 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.099 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A181
RGB	rgb(72, 161, 129)
HSL	hsl(158, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(158, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 0%, 19.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.29, -34.57, 8.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.29, 35.65, 165.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% -0.0965 0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.099 167)
XYZ	xyz(19.3779, 28.4507, 25.2350)
Luminance	0.2845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A181 #A14868

analogous

#48A154 #48A181 #4894A1

triadic

#48A181 #8148A1 #A18148

tetradic

#48A181 #5448A1 #A14868 #94A148

square

#48A181 #5448A1 #A14868 #94A148

split-complementary

#48A181 #A14894 #A15448

monochromatic

#224C3D #35775F #48A181 #6ABC9F #94CFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#48A181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#48A181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A181

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A181	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E977F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908D83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.099 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bda5',
    500: '#48a181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a181;
$custom-light: #82bda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.427,
    "s": 38.197,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64538,
    "c": 0.09904,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.28452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A181

secondary

#BB8A9B

accent

#5A84CE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A181

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

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