#48A285#48A285

#48A285 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.097 H 169.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A285
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 133)
HSL	hsl(161, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(161, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 17.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, -34.09, 7.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 34.81, 168.35°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% -0.0957 0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.097 169.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8245, 28.9100, 26.7212)
Luminance	0.2891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A285 #A24865

analogous

#48A258 #48A285 #4892A2

triadic

#48A285 #8548A2 #A28548

tetradic

#48A285 #5848A2 #A24865 #92A248

square

#48A285 #5848A2 #A24865 #92A248

split-complementary

#48A285 #A24892 #A25848

monochromatic

#224D3F #357862 #48A285 #6ABDA2 #95D0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#48A285 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#48A285 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A285

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A285	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A285	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918E87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a285;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.097 169.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bea8',
    500: '#48a285',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a285;
$custom-light: #83bea8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a285",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.667,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64902,
    "c": 0.09742,
    "h": 169.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A285

secondary

#BC8A9A

accent

#597FCE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A285

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

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