#48A685#48A685

#48A685 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.103 H 167.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A685
RGB	rgb(72, 166, 133)
HSL	hsl(159, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(159, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 0%, 19.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.95, -35.93, 8.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.95, 37.00, 166.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% -0.1003 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.103 167.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.5403, 30.3417, 26.9598)
Luminance	0.3034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A685 #A64869

analogous

#48A656 #48A685 #4898A6

triadic

#48A685 #8548A6 #A68548

tetradic

#48A685 #5648A6 #A64869 #98A648

square

#48A685 #5648A6 #A64869 #98A648

split-complementary

#48A685 #A64898 #A65648

monochromatic

#235141 #357B63 #48A685 #6CBFA2 #97D2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#48A685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#48A685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A685

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A685	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29C83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959287

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 166, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.103 167.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c1a8',
    500: '#48a685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a685;
$custom-light: #83c1a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.936,
    "s": 39.496,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65916,
    "c": 0.10281,
    "h": 167.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A685

secondary

#BE8C9D

accent

#5882CF

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A685

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

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