#48A88E#48A88E

#48A88E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.099 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A88E
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 142)
HSL	hsl(164, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(164, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 15.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, -34.69, 4.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 35.05, 171.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.67% -0.0983 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(66.67% 0.099 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5553, 31.3339, 30.4980)
Luminance	0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A88E #A84862

analogous

#48A85E #48A88E #4892A8

triadic

#48A88E #8E48A8 #A88E48

tetradic

#48A88E #5E48A8 #A84862 #92A848

square

#48A88E #5E48A8 #A84862 #92A848

split-complementary

#48A88E #A84892 #A85E48

monochromatic

#235246 #367D6A #48A88E #6DC0AA #98D3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#48A88E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#48A88E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A88E

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A88E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A88E	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959490

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0AA9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a88e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.099 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c2af',
    500: '#48a88e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a88e;
$custom-light: #84c2af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a88e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.75,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66673,
    "c": 0.09911,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A88E

secondary

#BF8D9A

accent

#5878D0

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A88E

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

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