#48A581#48A581

#48A581 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.105 H 165.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A581
RGB	rgb(72, 165, 129)
HSL	hsl(157, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(157, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 0%, 21.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.54, -36.40, 10.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.54, 37.88, 163.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.55% -0.1011 0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(65.55% 0.105 165.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.0882, 29.8711, 25.4717)
Luminance	0.2987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A581 #A5486C

analogous

#48A552 #48A581 #489BA5

triadic

#48A581 #8148A5 #A58148

tetradic

#48A581 #5248A5 #A5486C #9BA548

square

#48A581 #5248A5 #A5486C #9BA548

split-complementary

#48A581 #A5489B #A55248

monochromatic

#23503E #357A60 #48A581 #6CBF9E #96D1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#48A581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#48A581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A581

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A581	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949183

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 165, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.105 165.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c0a5',
    500: '#48a581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a581;
$custom-light: #83c0a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.774,
    "s": 39.241,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65555,
    "c": 0.10457,
    "h": 165.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A581

secondary

#BD8C9F

accent

#5987CF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A581

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

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