#48A982#48A982

#48A982 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.109 H 164.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A982
RGB	rgb(72, 169, 130)
HSL	hsl(156, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(156, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 23.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, -37.98, 11.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 39.74, 162.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.6% -0.1051 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(66.6% 0.109 164.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8877, 31.3634, 26.0677)
Luminance	0.3136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A982 #A9486F

analogous

#48A951 #48A982 #48A0A9

triadic

#48A982 #8248A9 #A98248

tetradic

#48A982 #5148A9 #A9486F #A0A948

square

#48A982 #5148A9 #A9486F #A0A948

split-complementary

#48A982 #A948A0 #A95148

monochromatic

#235340 #367E61 #48A982 #6DC19F #98D3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#48A982 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#48A982 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A982

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A982	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A982	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)

#A69E80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989484

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BA99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a982;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 169, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.109 164.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c3a6',
    500: '#48a982',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a982;
$custom-light: #83c3a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a982",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.876,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66599,
    "c": 0.10929,
    "h": 164.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A982

secondary

#BF8DA2

accent

#5888D0

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A982

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

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