#48A487#48A487

#48A487 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.099 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A487
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 135)
HSL	hsl(161, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(161, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 17.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.37, -34.54, 6.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.37, 35.21, 168.75°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% -0.0971 0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.099 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3191, 29.6760, 27.5742)
Luminance	0.2968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A487 #A44865

analogous

#48A459 #48A487 #4893A4

triadic

#48A487 #8748A4 #A48748

tetradic

#48A487 #5948A4 #A44865 #93A448

square

#48A487 #5948A4 #A44865 #93A448

split-complementary

#48A487 #A44893 #A45948

monochromatic

#234F41 #357964 #48A487 #6BBEA4 #96D1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#48A487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#48A487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A487

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A487	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09A86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.099 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bfaa',
    500: '#48a487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a487;
$custom-light: #83bfaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.087,
    "s": 38.983,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65465,
    "c": 0.09866,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A487

secondary

#BD8B9B

accent

#597ECF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A487

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

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