#48A481#48A481

#48A481 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.103 H 165.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A481
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 129)
HSL	hsl(157, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(157, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 21.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, -35.95, 10.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 37.32, 164.43°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% -0.0999 0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.103 165.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.9085, 29.5118, 25.4118)
Luminance	0.2951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A481 #A4486B

analogous

#48A453 #48A481 #4899A4

triadic

#48A481 #8148A4 #A48148

tetradic

#48A481 #5348A4 #A4486B #99A448

square

#48A481 #5348A4 #A4486B #99A448

split-complementary

#48A481 #A44899 #A45348

monochromatic

#234F3E #357960 #48A481 #6BBE9F #96D1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#48A481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#48A481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A481

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A481	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939083

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.103 165.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bfa5',
    500: '#48a481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a481;
$custom-light: #83bfa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.174,
    "s": 38.983,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65301,
    "c": 0.10318,
    "h": 165.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A481

secondary

#BD8B9E

accent

#5986CF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A481

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

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