#48A57E#48A57E

#48A57E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.107 H 163.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A57E
RGB	rgb(72, 165, 126)
HSL	hsl(155, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(155, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 0%, 23.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, -37.09, 12.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 38.99, 162.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% -0.1025 0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.107 163.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8917, 29.7925, 24.4369)
Luminance	0.2979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A57E #A5486F

analogous

#48A550 #48A57E #489EA5

triadic

#48A57E #7E48A5 #A57E48

tetradic

#48A57E #5048A5 #A5486F #9EA548

square

#48A57E #5048A5 #A5486F #9EA548

split-complementary

#48A57E #A5489E #A55048

monochromatic

#23503D #357A5D #48A57E #6CBF9C #96D1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#48A57E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#48A57E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A57E

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A57E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A57E	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29A7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959180

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a57e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 165, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.107 163.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c0a3',
    500: '#48a57e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a57e;
$custom-light: #83c0a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a57e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.839,
    "s": 39.241,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65477,
    "c": 0.10703,
    "h": 163.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A57E

secondary

#BD8CA0

accent

#598ACF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F3

border

#CAD0CD

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A57E

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

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