#48A279#48A279

#48A279 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.107 H 161.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A279
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 121)
HSL	hsl(153, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(153, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 25.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, -36.85, 13.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 39.19, 160.09°)
OKLab	oklab(64.58% -0.1015 0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(64.58% 0.107 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.0423, 28.5971, 22.6018)
Luminance	0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A279 #A24871

analogous

#48A24C #48A279 #489EA2

triadic

#48A279 #7948A2 #A27948

tetradic

#48A279 #4C48A2 #A24871 #9EA248

square

#48A279 #4C48A2 #A24871 #9EA248

split-complementary

#48A279 #A2489E #A24C48

monochromatic

#224D3A #357859 #48A279 #6ABD97 #95D0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#48A279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#48A279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A279

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A279	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09777

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938E7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.107 161.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82be9f',
    500: '#48a279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a279;
$custom-light: #82be9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.667,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64584,
    "c": 0.10705,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A279

secondary

#BC8AA1

accent

#598FCE

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF7F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A279

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

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