#48A183#48A183

#48A183 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.098 H 168.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A183
RGB	rgb(72, 161, 131)
HSL	hsl(160, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(160, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 0%, 18.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.34, -34.10, 7.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.34, 34.95, 167.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% -0.0955 0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.098 168.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.5122, 28.5044, 25.9420)
Luminance	0.2851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A183 #A14866

analogous

#48A156 #48A183 #4892A1

triadic

#48A183 #8348A1 #A18348

tetradic

#48A183 #5648A1 #A14866 #92A148

square

#48A183 #5648A1 #A14866 #92A148

split-complementary

#48A183 #A14892 #A15648

monochromatic

#224C3E #357761 #48A183 #6ABCA1 #94CFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#48A183 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#48A183 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A183

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A183	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A183	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908E85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a183;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.098 168.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bda7',
    500: '#48a183',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a183;
$custom-light: #82bda7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a183",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.775,
    "s": 38.197,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64593,
    "c": 0.09752,
    "h": 168.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A183

secondary

#BB8A9A

accent

#5A81CE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A183

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

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