#48A280#48A280

#48A280 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.101 H 165.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A280
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 128)
HSL	hsl(157, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(157, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 21%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.58, -35.27, 9.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.58, 36.56, 164.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% -0.0981 0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.101 165.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4873, 28.7751, 24.9451)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A280 #A2486A

analogous

#48A253 #48A280 #4897A2

triadic

#48A280 #8048A2 #A28048

tetradic

#48A280 #5348A2 #A2486A #97A248

square

#48A280 #5348A2 #A2486A #97A248

split-complementary

#48A280 #A24897 #A25348

monochromatic

#224D3D #35785F #48A280 #6ABD9E #95D0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#48A280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#48A280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A280

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A280	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F987E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928E82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.101 165.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bea4',
    500: '#48a280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a280;
$custom-light: #82bea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.333,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64765,
    "c": 0.1012,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A280

secondary

#BC8A9D

accent

#5986CE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A280

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

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