#48A484#48A484

#48A484 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.101 H 167.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A484
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 132)
HSL	hsl(159, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(159, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 19.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.30, -35.25, 8.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.30, 36.25, 166.53°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% -0.0985 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.101 167.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1108, 29.5927, 26.4775)
Luminance	0.2959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A484 #A44868

analogous

#48A456 #48A484 #4896A4

triadic

#48A484 #8448A4 #A48448

tetradic

#48A484 #5648A4 #A44868 #96A448

square

#48A484 #5648A4 #A44868 #96A448

split-complementary

#48A484 #A44896 #A45648

monochromatic

#234F40 #357962 #48A484 #6BBEA1 #96D1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#48A484 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#48A484 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A484

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A484	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A484	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09A82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939086

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a484;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.101 167.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bfa7',
    500: '#48a484',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a484;
$custom-light: #83bfa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a484",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.13,
    "s": 38.983,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65382,
    "c": 0.10085,
    "h": 167.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A484

secondary

#BD8B9C

accent

#5982CF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A484

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

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