#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
RGBrgb(72, 162, 121)
HSLhsl(153, 38%, 46%)
HSVhsv(153, 56%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(55.6%, 0%, 25.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LABlab(60.42, -36.85, 13.35)
CIE-LCHlch(60.42, 39.19, 160.09°)
OKLaboklab(64.58% -0.1015 0.0341)
OKLCHoklch(64.58% 0.107 161.4)
XYZxyz(19.0423, 28.5971, 22.6018)
Luminance0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##48A2791.003.136.726.72
#FFFFFF3.131.0021.0021.00
#0000006.7221.001.001.00
##0000006.7221.001.001.00

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

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#48A279 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva