#48A477#48A477

#48A477 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.112 H 159.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A477
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 119)
HSL	hsl(151, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(151, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 27.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, -38.17, 15.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 41.12, 158.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% -0.1047 0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.112 159.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.2760, 29.2588, 22.0809)
Luminance	0.2926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A477 #A44875

analogous

#48A449 #48A477 #48A3A4

triadic

#48A477 #7748A4 #A47748

tetradic

#48A477 #4948A4 #A44875 #A3A448

square

#48A477 #4948A4 #A44875 #A3A448

split-complementary

#48A477 #A448A3 #A44948

monochromatic

#234F39 #357958 #48A477 #6BBE96 #96D1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#48A477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#48A477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A477

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A477	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29974

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958F7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.112 159.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bf9e',
    500: '#48a477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a477;
$custom-light: #83bf9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.652,
    "s": 38.983,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65047,
    "c": 0.1117,
    "h": 159.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A477

secondary

#BD8BA3

accent

#5993CF

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF7F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A477

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

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