#48A488#48A488

#48A488 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.098 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A488
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 136)
HSL	hsl(162, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(162, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 0%, 17.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, -34.30, 6.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 34.88, 169.52°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% -0.0966 0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.098 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.3898, 29.7043, 27.9468)
Luminance	0.2971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A488 #A44864

analogous

#48A45A #48A488 #4892A4

triadic

#48A488 #8848A4 #A48848

tetradic

#48A488 #5A48A4 #A44864 #92A448

square

#48A488 #5A48A4 #A44864 #92A448

split-complementary

#48A488 #A44892 #A45A48

monochromatic

#234F41 #357965 #48A488 #6BBEA5 #96D1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#48A488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#48A488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A488

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A488	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)

#A09A87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92908A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.098 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bfaa',
    500: '#48a488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a488;
$custom-light: #83bfaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.739,
    "s": 38.983,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65493,
    "c": 0.09795,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A488

secondary

#BD8B9A

accent

#597DCF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A488

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

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