#48A682#48A682

#48A682 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.105 H 165.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A682
RGB	rgb(72, 166, 130)
HSL	hsl(157, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(157, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 0%, 21.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.88, -36.63, 10.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.88, 38.07, 164.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% -0.1017 0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.105 165.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3360, 30.2600, 25.8838)
Luminance	0.3026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A682 #A6486C

analogous

#48A653 #48A682 #489BA6

triadic

#48A682 #8248A6 #A68248

tetradic

#48A682 #5348A6 #A6486C #9BA648

square

#48A682 #5348A6 #A6486C #9BA648

split-complementary

#48A682 #A6489B #A65348

monochromatic

#23513F #357B61 #48A682 #6CBF9F #97D2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#48A682 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#48A682 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A682

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A682	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A682	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959184

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a682;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 166, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.105 165.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c1a6',
    500: '#48a682',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a682;
$custom-light: #83c1a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a682",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.021,
    "s": 39.496,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65836,
    "c": 0.10514,
    "h": 165.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A682

secondary

#BE8C9F

accent

#5886CF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A682

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

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